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Or, as he has been called after the name of the Nip which
brought him to England, JOHN BUTTERWORTH.»
IT HE young heathen Iſlander, who has been for ſeveral

1 months paſt under the care of the Miſſionary Society,
has excited a general attention among the friends of that
inſtitution. ;. Some account of him ſeems to be a juſt tribute
to the wiſhes of our readers; but they will not expect a

connected narrative, nor many- intereſting circumſtances, -

of the life of a hey 16 years of age, which ſeems to be that
of Temoteitei. His countrymen have no idea of chronolo-
gical ſtatements, and it would be in vain to enquire from
him how. he has paſſed the few years of his life. It is indeed

ety intereſting, as it tends to untold the manners of the
heathen, eſpecially. in the remote Iſlands which the Society

have endeavoured to furniſh with evangehcal inſtruction.—
Such a view may be profitable to us, in convincing us of

the pitiable condition of nations which are yet. deſtitute of
the Goſpel. It ſhould promote our gratitude to Him who
hath called us from darkneſs to light, and cur exertions to
impart the bleſſings of the Goſpel to them who are till
under the power of Satan, and the ſhadow of eternal death.
The iſland from whence the ſubject of this memoir has

been brought, remain in a more uncivilized itate than any
other group in the Pacific Ocean, of which we have hitherto
received accurate information. They afford, therefore, a
more genuine view of human nature, and a better criterion
for judging of the theories by which infidel philoſophers, |
and perſons ſtyling themſelves rational chriſtians, have ag-
grandized the dignity of our preſent fallen condition. We
CN „ | acknowledge

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acknowledge to have derived conviction on this ſubject, be-
pvy5ond what we were before inclined to admit, by informa-
= tion which has been drawn from Temoteitei. The whole
| would fill ſeveral volumes; and it is a very brief ſpecimen
only, that we can here attempt to lay before the public.

+ © Temoteitei. was born at Tähouätta, an Iſland about 800
Engliſh miles north eaſt from Otaheite. Mendana, a Spa-
niard, who diſcovered this, and other three Iſlands adja-
cent, gave to the whole the name of Las Marqueſas de
Mendoza ; and to the Iſland of Temo's nativity, that of
Santa Chriftina. It is hardly 10 miles long, and its greateſt
\ breadth is leſs than half its length. The middle part of
the Iſland, from north to ſouth, is occupied by a narrow
ridge at leaſt half a mile above the fea; and branches of
this lofty mountain deſcend in every direction to the coaſts,
which are ſteep and rocky, except acroſs the vallies by
which the inferior ridges are divided. © The vallies are the
only fertile and inhabited parts of the Iſland, and they are
reckoned to contain about 4000 people. The natives live
under a burning yet healthful climate; and are generally
tall, well made, and active. Their complexion 1s chiefly
of a yellowiſh brown, like 'Temo, little darker than ſome
Engliſh people who have been much expoſed to the weather.
Others are of a darker ſkin, as ſome among us differ in na-
tural complexion. The men are punctured almoſt. entirely +
over their bodies with dark blue figures of ' various forms.
The women are nearly free from theſe marks; and the
boys only receive them by degrees, as they approach to-
ward maturity. Temo has a continued line from his left
temple to his right jaw, anda few irregular marks upon hig
arms and legs. | Kee .
The Coaſt of Tahovatta, where the vallies join the ſea,
is indented by coaſts and bays. The principal of theſe,
about the middle of the weſtern fide of the Ifland, was the
place of 'Temo's nativity and abode. Mendana, who an-
chored there in 1595, called it Port Madre de Dios: and Capt.
Cook, who next came there in 1774, named it afreſh after his ©
cen ſhip, Reſolution Bay. The harbour is about a mile acroſs
between two head lands, of which that to the. ſouthward
is very lofty and ſteep; and the bay ſtretches inland ſome-
what more than its breadth. At the head of it is a ſmall
level ground, ending in two vallies, the whole of which is
Called by the natives Witahhu. Hence various navigators
have aſſigned the name of Ohitahoo to the whole Iſland,

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e ſame bay. The. 1 e of theſe een of one
more valley to the ſout ind two ſmall ones to, the
| horthvard of, Witahhu are called Hemma, and they ade
fabje@ to Teinte, fit couſin.of. TEmoteitsi, All the yaly
| Hes mate to the ſouthward, and upon the eaſt fide of the
| Hand, are poſſeſſed by a people, called Ahboutinge, who
are ſubject to a diſtin& Chlef, named Duteitéi. This nation
' entirely reſembles the Hemma, but is uſually | hoſtile to
them. The inhabitants of the whole Iſland, collectively,
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their preſent territory, and the Ahhoutinne then inhabited
but one valley, which is oppoſite fo Witahhu, on the eaſtern
coaſt. The reſt of the fertile country was inhabited by. a2

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more numerous nation, called ente H6nu, the eldeſtt

fon of Mavebbu, having ſucceeded to his father, joinedwith
Pühhebuténa, the Chief. of Ahhoutinne, and father of
Diuteitei, to attack the Tupohhe. Having killed Bua6uwa,
the Chief of the latter nation, they at length wholly extir-
pated them, and divided among themſelves the conquered
country, of which the much greater part is now poſſeſſed
dy the Ahhoutinne. The widow of Bua6uwa, who was a
niece of Honu, and à male attendant with whom ſhe coha-
bited, appear to have been the only perſons who-eſcaped
the general ſlaughter. This couple are ſtill living. Some
fugitives, who ſwam to the e Iſland of Heva6a,
were put to death by the natives of that country. Ihe hor-
ror of our readers at this dreadful carnage wilt doubtleſs be
increaſed, by learning that the wretched victims, probably
from two to three thouſand, men, women, and children,
were devoured by their victorious enemies. The Iflanders,
although they always dreſs hogs and fowls, and uſually ve-
getables,” prefer to eat human fleſh raw, and they always
drink the blood, and eat the entrails of their enemies, in
that ſtate. | But circumſtances frequently requirg the car-
» Caſes to be baked; and Temo's remark, while relating this
event to the writer, was, What a great nation the

Tupohhe were to go to the oven!“ „

The population, reduced by ſuch wars, has been recruited
more rapidly than could be expected, the number of theſe
iſlanders multiplying wonderfully in a few generations.
Tuhheane, the widow of Honu, has borne five ſor, (the eldeſt
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' _ _ " cetid ſon of Mavebbu was Pahouhonu, Temo's father. - His
Video Teapahäi has borne, beſide Temoteitsi, fix ſons and

four daughters. Mayebbu's third ſon was Touwei-Atua, who
was xeyered while living, as a principal deity. His widow has
borne nine ſons and two daughters. Mavebbu had alſo two or
more daughters, who were probably. equally prolific. ' Of

ni. grandchildren by the male line along, 28 are now

living, moſt of whom have already numerous families.
Their three mothers alfo ſtill ſurvive, They were apparently
the only wives of Mavebbu's ſons, but it is leſsprobable that
all their offspring, though conſidered as rr hiren,
Were ſtrictly ſo. Every young woman of a family cohabits
with ſome man fervant, who either attends her in the ſame

condition, or. is replaced by a ſervant of her huſband's,
The conjugal and paternal affections are thus precluded ;
er Y in women is frequently ſo ſtrong as to prove
fatal, and has alſo been ſometimes excited in their huſbands,
when adulteries have exceeded the eſtabliſhed cuſtom,
Before Temoteitei could walk, Panouh6nu, his'reputed
father was killed at Nuguheva, an Iſland more than 70 Eng-
fiſh miles diſtant from Tahouatta. The inhabitants of
Muäkke, a valley of Nuguheva, have the art of burning
nger, which turns it from a light yellow to an orange co-

four. With this the Iſlanders tinge their bodies, on occa= ©
Hons of public ſpectacles; and they, frequently make ſo long
à voyage, in canoes of very frail conſtruction, to procure

this ſcanty article, although their opportunities of returnin

4 rome} 9g oppoſite winds to thoſe which uſually prevail.
Pahouhonu marine tend upon this errand, landed at a Cove
in Comptroller's Bay, at the ſouth eaftern part of Nugu-
Deva; the inhabitants of which are almoſt conſtantly at

war with their nei hbours; to whom the valley of Muakke
belongs. On paſhng the boundary Pabouh6nu was killed
by a party that laid in wait for ſtragglers from the enemies
country, He was eaten by them; and the news arriving at
Tahbouatta, one of his fiſters, now living, was punctured
acroſs the face in memorial of his fate. This operation
is called an oven, on account of the manner in which the dead
bodies are dreſſed, when not eaten raw. She is the only fe-
male thus punctured at Tahouatta. Similar occaſions are fre-
| but if the ſiſters of the deceaſed are young, or eſteemed.
Heautiful, they are uſually exempted from this operation.
From this event Temo agquired the ſurname of _—_

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weva, fignifying that his father was . lof”".at that TNand,”

By this title he was commonly called. The Iſlanders, in
general, bear various names. They exchange them with per-
Fo — favour they court for intereſt, and aſſume that of
any perſon whom they kill, whether male or female. A boy
acquires a new name when he is punctured; and a woman
hen ſhe bears her firſt child; an event which, among fe-
males of diſtinction, is attended with , fingular ceremonies,
Honu was commonly called Pepetoeya, | and Teinuae goes
by the name of Oawaena, or Ena, for brevity. xyz.
Temo's mother is not ſettled with any other huſband?
and has had only one boy younger than 'Temoteitei, IS
man who never dwelt with her, named Vahaneuwau. 1

childhood of Temo, as in general, was paſſed in graduat _

acquiſitions, with little help from others. He crawled upon
the ground and int6 the water, till he learned to ſwim and |
to walk. Whipping a top nearly as practiſed here; flying
a kite, made on Prem fruit leaf; and' joining in hain
hts, conſtituted his childiſh amuſements. By playing
with the carcaſes of human victims in a manner that pre-
cludes deſcription, he became inured to inhumanity; There

are two attainments, in which the young Hlanders athy - |

_ excel us, ſwimming and climbing. From wt it the
fea ſeems as natural to them as the ſhore. Nor do they

- heſitate to climb a tree a hundred feet high, without a
| ebe to procure a few cocoa nuts. It probably ariſes
from ſome deficiency in parental attention, that Temo is
leſs active than moſt of his countrymen, and that his legs
are ſomewhat deformed. After remaining perfectly un-
_ clothed till he had approached a ſtate of puberty, he ſub-

mitted, as moſt others in the South Sea Iſlands, to an opera-
tion ſomewhat reſembling the Jewiſh circumcifion. This,
however, is not cönſidered as a religious act; and perſons
who decline the performance are only cenſured as deficient
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An event took place during Temo's childhood, which,
through - miſinformation, has been wrongly - ſtated in the
preliminary diſcourſe to the Duff's voyage. Juſtice to the
parties concerned requires the account then given of Cap» -
tain Roberts's reſidence at Reſolution bay to be corrected.

While he remained there to build his ſchooner, the natives
pilfered the workmen's tools, and were, on that account,
fired upon by the Americans. The iſlanders, in conſe-
quence, aſſembled on SER which form the north es |

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af the bay, and rolled dawn large — — |
hich was building on the ſhore beneath. The Ameripany

ove, them from the hills, and firing upon them in the
lower ground, wounded Teinae in the elbow, and ꝶilled one
of his brethren named Jappahue. Honu had previquſly
. qied a natural death. The natives expreſs no jealouſy at
+. - 21 familiarity of their women with: forergners, which! was
aid to haye accafioned the conteſt... They confeſs them-
ſelvyes to haye been aggreſſors in their encounter- with the
mericans. Captain Roberts, whom they call Gopäte, has
publiſhed a map of all this group of iſlands.” He appears
to have been at Tahouatta toward the cloſe of 1791, and
to have proceeded thence in the Jefferſon with his 1
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which he named the Refolution, to the north weſt eoaſt
America, where the latter veſſel was loſt with ten out
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+ Captain Roberts and his people were probably the only
perſons Who knew the Marqueſans to be cannibals, and it

Is likely that, during their long ſtay ' at Witahhu, they
teſtified their abhorrence of the practice. Mr. Crook, who
was left there in June, 1797, did not detect them din the
perpetration of it till three montbs after his arrival. During
this time a ſevere: famine prevailed; the crops of bread-
Fruit, of which there are four in the year, having failed
through drought. Mr. Crook, who was adopted by Teinae
as his ſon, was left, like the children of Tepahéna, the
chief 's! reſent e e food as he was able, and
endured great want. Many periſhed for hunger; among
others a woman named Hono, whoſe” fleth. ſeemed-wholly
gone from her bones before ſne died: her inhuman neigh -
bdours diverted themſelves with puſhing her down when
too weak to riſe again; and Temo has deſeribed this ſcene
with laughter. It does not, however, appear that any per-
ſon was put to death for the purpoſe of being eaten, even
during this ſcarcity. Toward its concluſion Teinàe and

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which is but three miles to the north end of Tahouatta,
where be ſeized three men and a woman, belonging to a
tribe called the Piggena, and having killed them, brought
back the corpſes next morning to Witahhu. Theſe were
only partaken of by the prieſts, and two of them were left
to putrify ; the whole being devoted to the departed ſpirit
of a man lately deceaſed, who had been a taeva, or pre-
tendedly- inſpired perſon. 'Tetno, upon being 3

ſame others went in a canoe by night to a part of Hevaca,

ſhippers of ſuch a monſter.

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why theſe: were not eaten? replied; with ſome indigna- -
tion Do you eat what you devote to your God 2” A
deceaſed perſons are regarded by the Marqueſans as atua's
or deities ; but thoſe. only Who have hen in ſome reſpects
eminent are honoured wich ſacriſices. The chief atua of
Tahquatta is an old man, named Tamapuameine, now liv-
ing among the Ahhoutinne, who, from his childhood, has
dwelt alone in a houſe within an incloſure full of trees,
where he is ſurrounded with human victims ſcalped, and
ſuſpended by their heels te the rafters and the branches.
Temo ſays, that it is this old man who gives them crops
of bread- fruit; juſtly obſerving, that it is not in their own
power to cauſe. theſe things to grow. To this man more
victims are offered than to any other atua, as they muſt be
ſupplied whenever he demands them. He inherited this
dignity from his father, and - be ſhares it with his ſiſter,
Tahéyatuhwüu; but ſhe poſſeſſes it in an inferior degree.
It is not eaſy to conceive a more complete idea of am in-
CLarnate fiend than this man preſents ; nor of a people led
captive by ſatan at bis will than the ſervants and wor-

During Mr. Crook's reſidence at. Tahouatta, the Ahhou-
tinne ſeveral times invaded, and ſeized part of the Hemma a

territory; but they relinquiſhed it. again, partly by means

of force and partly for ranſom. 'Teinae was likewiſe en-
gaged in wars with different tribes reſident at Hevaoa ; and
at one time brought from thence fourteen living perſons,
whom he had ſurprized afleep. , One of theſe, a woman,
who had formerly dwelt with a faſter-in-Jaw of Teinae, was
reſcued from deſtruction by the exertions of her female
friend. It was the only inſtance of compaſſiun obſerved. by
Mr. Crook at the Marqueſas. The other thirteen were de-
voured, either by the invaders, each of whom had an undiſ-
puted right to the perſons he had ſeized; or, by other per-
- ſons, who gave in exchange for the victims articles more
_ defirable to the others at that time than human fleſn.
In February, 1798, the Alexander, of Boſton, com-
manded by Aſa Dodge, touched at Witahhu; and leſt

there a Sandwich iſlander, named Onghwe, but more com-

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Weich an infant daughter of Eb6eeinue, chief of the Pig-

them, to £0 to war with the Naeke, a' neighbouring
5 of Hevaba. The forces of Hemma and Ahb atinne
being aſſembled at Witahhü, to the number of eight or
nine hundred warriors, proceeded in more than thirty large
.canoes to Heva6a, where they defeated the Näeke in a

113 eee with that tribe, and ſome others allied

pitched battle, but brought back only one corpſe, which

das affigned to the Ahhoutinne. About fix weeks after-

_ wards, a ſtill larger force was collected to renew the inya- .
gon; 'Temo accompanied them. Mr. Crook remaining at

_ Witabho, and eing a ſhip off the harbour, went on board

of her with ſome of the natives in the evening of the 21ſt 0
of May. She proved te be an American ſniip, named the

Betſy, commanded by Edward Fanning, who; deſpairing

of getting into the bay, bore away for Nuguhéva. Mr.

Crook accompanied him, and the natives regained the fhore

with much difficulty. They were afterwards ſeverely re-
buked by Teinae for dre e Crook to the ſhip but

being people of ſome diſtinction, the chief wat obliged to
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In the mean time, à horrid ſcene of bloodſhed took place
at Hevaca: the 'Nacke bravely reſiſted their numerous in-

vaders; and having recovered from their firſt terror of Ta-

ma's muſket, they diſabled him by a blow with a. ſtone,

which, with a wooden ſpear, are their only miſſile weapons,
A nephew of Teinae: and five of, his countrymen alſo were
* killed in the engagement. The funeral ceremonies, and
| the wound which Tama had received, detaining the Teia
among their allies, four of the former ſtraggled to a detached
valley, inhabited by the Piggena, where they were killed

nin a private quarref. The news was brought ſecretly about

midnight to "Teinae, who was fleeping with his people,
amidſt the Piggena and the other allied tribes, in a beauti-
ful level country called Taba, where they uſually refide.—

Teinae, with the utmoſt poſſible ſtillneſs, rouſed all the
Teia, and as foon as every thing could be prepared, they

fell upon their allies, who were yet ſleeping,” and _
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ens refigied'to him the office of t6a, or chief warrior,
mich had been united with that of hekkaeke in the perſon
of Teinde. Tama bad the addreſs to perſuade the Hemma
_ and Ahhoutinne to lay afide their mutual hoſtilities, and to
Juseis their forces in an attack upon Hevaba. Teinae, have
ning contracted his eldeſt fon, a boy about eight years old,

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"tance; the reſt diſperſing in conſternation. The conquerors
then {oaded themſelves with the corpſes, and reaching their
canoes, carried as many as they could ſtow on board to Ta-
- Houatta, to diſpoſe of them as uſual in ſuch caſes. Vaha-

© tered many hundreds of them, without diſtingtion or re..

neuovàu, already mentioned, was one of the perſons who _
had taken Mr. Crook on board the Betſy, and he proceeded '

the ſame night to Hevasa, with information of his depar=
ture. This-man' put to death, with his own hand, EKbs-
eeinue, the chief of Piggena ; and was conſequently en-

+ "titled to his body, and the ornaments with which he was
decorated; the whole of which he carried back in tri= 8

umph to Witahhu. . „„ 2

A variety of circumſtances which Temo relates, ſubſe-
quent to Mr. Crook's removal, might throw farther light
upon the manners of theſe iſlanders; but our limits oblige '

us to proceed td the occaſion of Temo's removal from his

native place. Toward the cloſe of the ſame year, two ſhips
made ſome ſtay at Witahhu; the Butterworth, Captain
Frazier, and the New Euphrates, Captain Glaſſpoole.— Te-

moteitei went on board the former veſſel, which had before
been at the Marqueſas; but when the other iſlanders re-

turned on ſhore, he remained, and was taken to Nuguheva

whither the veſſels proceeded to obtain additional refreſh. + _

ments. He there met again with Mr. Crook, who had ſent
information to 'Tahouatta of his place of refidence. Judg-
ing it expedient, for various reaſong, to viſit England at this
juncture, Mr. Crook left the iſland 8th January, 1799, in
the Euphrates, accompanied voluntarily by a native youth,
named Heko. They diſcovered, a few days afterwards,
ſeveral low iflands, belonging to what Bougainville juſtly. .
denominated the dangerous Archipelago ; and on the 18
fell in with one, which appears to bè that named Carysfort
iſland by Captain Edwards, who diſcovered it in 1791.—
They found there ſome remains of a thip, probably the
Matilda; and the next morning+ſaw the rocks and extenſive
breakers, on which that veſſel was loſt, in February 1792.
Capt. Glaſſpoole had deſigned to e Fr the Butter-
worth directly to England, apprehending his own ſhip to
be incapable of keeping the ſea a longer time. Finding her,
however, to bear the weather better than had been ex-
pected, he reſolved upon making farther attempts in the
whale fiſhery, in which both theſe veſſels, though belonging
to different owners, had been employed. Mr. Crook
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worth; but Heko remained in the Euphrates, which has

fince arrived. Témo's fituation, which, partly owing to his
ignorance of our language, had been very uncomfortablej =

Was improved by Mr. Crook's company; and on their ar-
rival in England laſt May, the owners of the Butterworth
n Eindiy committed Temoteitei to the care of the Miffionary
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- His health was much impaired by the change of climate
and of food; but; through the bleſſing of God upon the beſt

medical attention, it was ſoon in a great meaſute re- eſta-

bliſhed” It was thought neceſſary to inochlate bim; and;
by a remarkable concurrence, he underwent that proceſs in
company with 24 negro buys, who had been brought from
Sierra Leone. Over theſe he aſſumed a ſuperiority, pro-
portioned to the difference of his complexion; and made

faitable reports of their behaviour. He boarded,” white in
London, with one of the Directors, who treated him with .
2 degree of paternal affe&ion, to which Temo would have

been a ftranger in his ewn country. The atmoſphere of

the metropolis again affecting his health very ſeriouſly, he

was removed into the country; where, under ſuitable treat-
ment, he rapidly recovered his ſtrength and ſpirits ; and
upon the approach of winter returned to a favourable ſitua-
tion in the vicinity of the town. Lf 3

Temo, while in health, appears perfectly eaſy in every

fituation./ His manners are docile, lively, and engaging.
His underſtanding is good; but it is not eaſy to fix his at-
tention to learning; to which alſo his ſtate of health has

been unfavourable. To write and read our characters, to
| fpell-monoſyllables, and to comprehend and ufe a few com-

mon phraſes, are the whole of his preſent attainments in
language. The Lord's prayer being tranſlated into his own
tongue, and repeated to him, he learned it readily by heart.
The phraſes which he knows he uſes with propriety, and
even with an eaſy politeneſs. His-remarks upon charaQers

are uſually juſt ; and his recolleQion of likeneſſes is pe-

culiarly ſtrong. He is perfectly - conformable to our man-
ners, exact in the outward form of family devotion, and
fond of attending public worſhip. But, although he has at
times exprefled-a preference for England above his native

. Hands, he retains unſhaken bis attachment to their ſuperſti-

tous and their moft corrupt cuſtoms. He ſays, he knows

ad that they have gods in their country, becauſe he has heard

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houſes; but that we have no gods in our country. This
alludes to hy aer of crickets, which not being eafily diſ-
covered, the

man having his own wife. In deſcribing the cannibal, prae-
tices of his countrymen, he has betrayed a ſavage glee ; but
upon being particularly queſtioned about ſome of the events
which have juſt been related, he has ſuddenly recolle&Qed
himſelf, ſtopped ſhort, and aſked, «© Why do you atk fo

much about Hemma? Do you mean to ſend your men with

guns to kill them for what they havẽ done? Why don't you
aſk about the Piggena, or the Nacke??' a

I Fo impreſs ſpiritual ideas upon his mind, is inconceivably
difficult, from the poverty of their language, arid the pau-

city-of their ideas. Having no notion of an almighty
being, of rewards or puniſhments in a future ſtate, nor of
virtue or vice in the preſent, nothing ſhort of the ſovereign
influence of divine grace is capable of exciting in them a
ſpiritual hope or fear. When Mr. Crook, who alone can
Heak the language with ſufficient fluency, has urged. theſe

ubjects upon his attention, he has replied with diſpleaſure,
« Why do vou teaze me ſo about your Atua ?” But upon

being aſſured it was wholly out of love to him, he has re-

lented, and ſeemed to be in ſome meaſure affeRed. -- -
A courſe of years, and unremitting attention would, hu-
manly ſpeaking, be neceſſary, to efface his-prejudices, and

to wean him from the ſuperſtitions and barbarities of his

countrymen. It is hoped that theſe remarks will prompt
the fervent ſupplications of believers in the Goſpel of Chriſt,
in behalf, not only of this youth, but of his fellow heathen,

who are ſo differently fituated from himſelf. It is not to be

ſuppoſed, Wat their minds are enlightened nearly in the de-
gree, even that Temo's is, at preſent. Forgetful of bur na-
tural pride and ſelf-love, we have fondly imagined, that
they needed only to ſee dur manners, in order to prefer
them. But it is exactly the reverſe. Although they call us
Atuas, they ſay that we can do nothing ſo well as they can,
who are only men. They even ſuppoſe that we have no
language of our own; and that we are abſolutely deſtitute
of ideas. till we learn to uſe heir words. Toſum up their
morality in one word, it is ſimply cu/tom ; and unhappily of
the moſt depraved anddavage kind, Let , who know fo

Vol. VIII. | C 1

athen prieſts pretend their noife to proceed
from the Atüas. Temo has alfo expreſſed the utmoſt diſſi ze
of what he terms a filthy cuſtom among us that of every Fs

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much better, beware of acting upon the ſame p inciple.
HIk)!beir religion may likewiſe be expreſſed by the ſingle term
_ hes 56 their notions and practices of this ſort being
1 extremely ſimilar to thoſe of the moſt ignorant and ſuper-
mmiitious of our own countrymen. Let us guard againſt ap-
pPearances of ſuch heatheniſm among ourſelves. Let us uſe
the utmoſt exertions to diſſipate the thick darkneſs in which
= : the heathen ar& inyolved ; but let us never forget, that is

only to be accompliſhed by tat power, which faid, © Let

there be light,“ and there was light. Bleſſed be God, there
Iãs no room for deſpondency, in a diligent ute of means: for
"EP the converſion of the Heathen. It is'promiſeg in the word
of God. It has been effected in numberlets inſtances. The
Moravian Brethren have had ſignal ſucceſs in caſes of the
moſt diſcouraging nature; and at the Marqueſas one ſenſible
man diſcovered religious impreſſions in the courſe of con-
verſation with Mr. Crook, which he could only attribute to
tte influence of the grace of Chriſt. He would gladly have
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- accompanied Mr. Crook from Nuguheva, if he could have

been admitted on board. We may hope that he has re-

mained there for ſome uſeful purpoſ e

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5 © THOUGHTS: ON PSALM xxix. 4...

5 sue voice of tlie Lord is powerful !
8 OW beautifully is this grand affertion of the Royal
85 H Pfalmiſt, both illuſtrated and confirmed in the ſerip-
ture record of the creation. The wonders of nature in all
tthueir beauty, variety, and numbers, were produced by the
ih almighty fiat of our God. The ſun, the ſource of light
= and life and heat, with all the planets which are placed in
the vaſt concave of. the ſkies, and are kept in conſtant and
| regular motion in their amazing orbits ; the earth and air,
with all their productions and inhabitants, and the ſea,
with all its countleſs tribes—theſe, and more than can be
expreſſed by mortal pen, or conceived by human thought,
coe their exiſtence to the word of God. Surely the voice
. of the Lord is powerful, for he only ſpake and it was done,
ed and it god fat.“ RENE

4 He ſpoke, and From the womb of night,

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iu diſcord beard,” and at bis nod...
Beauty awoke and ſpoke the G ͤlß

be cord be gave, th' obedient ſun n,
„ Ki Give glorious race to run; VVV
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Nor is his voice leſs powerful in the kingdom of nature
moro, for all things are under his ſupreme controul, and all
things obey his will. He uplioldeth all things by the word
of his power.“ He rideth upon the heaven of heavens of
old: 16, he doth ſend out his voice, and that a mighty
Vvaice. . How awfully grand is the voice of God in the |
mighty ſtorm. It was on an occaſion of this ſolemn nature
that the Pſalmiſt uttered the words which introduce theſe
reffections, and certainly ſuch effects of diyine power are
calculated to inſpire in a ſerious mind an humble and ador--
ing ſpirit; and very frequently 1n the ſcriptures is thunden
compared to the voice of God, eſpecially, Job xxxvii. 4, 5,,
and xl. 9. Pſalm xviii. 13. Ixxvii. 18. civ. 7. And from this
— I gain additional evidence of the eternal power and
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godhead of my bleſſed Saviour. Is the voice of Jehovah *
powerful? So is the voice of Jeſus Chrif. ' He ſpake as
never man ſpake. Yea, it is expreſsly ſaid by one of the
Evangeliſts, That his word was with power. t The moſt
direful diſeaſes obeyed his word. Matt. viii. 2, 16. Mark
i. 27. Luke iv. 36. And ſo powerful was his voice that he |
raiſed the very dead with a word. Luke vii. 12. John xi. 43. -
And huſhed into a peaceful calm the raging. waves of the |
tempeſtuous ſea. Matt. viii. 27. Mark iv. 41. And even
the Centurion, when applying to the compaſſionate Jeſus,
could not help expreſſing his belief in the power of his word.
bat cried out, Speak the word only and-my ſervant ſhall be
Meebo ct | Ee]
_ ; hot LBP I outward proof to confirm the aſſertion of the
Pſalmiſt ? I truſt I have the witneſs in myſelf that the voice
of the Lord is powerful. When dead in treſpaſſes and fins
and afar off from God, yea, .an enemy to him by wicked
works, did he not then ſpeak to me by his Spirit, through -
his word, convincing me of my fin and danger, and ſhewing
me Jeſus as my only Saviour, as the hope and refuge ſet be-
fore me? Yes, I truſt he hath by his powerful voice ſo
ſpoken to my ſoul that I cannot look on fin as formerly,

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but am taught to hate it more and more, ie follow after
and love him and his holy ways.

And often when my fout has been-in bearineſs aol de-
Ppreſſed by affliction, ath God ſpoken comfort and relief.
53 When no earth! 3 friend was capable, of affording conſola-

tion, thy voice, O Lord, in thy gracious promiſes, hath been

indeed powerful and ſweet 4d me; and when in deep afflic-
tions I could not attend to the kindeft words of friends, yet

' | 1 . . with ſuch power hath been thy voice, that it hath obtained

my deepeſt regard, ſilenced the murmurings of my un -
ful heart, and tilled the tempeſt of my ſoul. I would b

bly hope as one of thy ſheep, Lol" thy voice. O 201
I ever follow thee — be ſtill ſolicitous th hear thy voice
n every event and ſtate of life, that like one of old T may
tand on my watch tower to hear what thou ſhalt ſpeak con-
AT me,* that I may learn thy bleffed will thereby, antt
Rs „The voice of my e 05 e 2008s! 1 thy
A fervant heareth.” f .

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GONE al 8 TT”

REASON AND FAITH NOT CT”

T NDERSTAN DEST thou what thou readeſt? is an
| enquiry worthy the attention of all who peruſe the
facred pages. How deſirable, how neceſſary to read with.
underſtanding ; but can this be done without employing that
"Kiculty which is the glory of our nature and the peculiar |
gift of God to man, without the exertion of reaſon * Many
pious perſons caution us againſt the exerciſe of it, as un-
friendly to true religion; but ſurely the uſe of reaſon and
implicit faith in what God has enjoined for our belief, are
perfectly compatible. The queſtion with every ſerious
mind will be What is the voice of God in his word? What
does he command me to believe? What does he require
me to practiſe? Blefſed be the Father of, mercies, and
God of all grace, thoſe articles of faith and practice which
he requires of his rational creatures are ſo plainly de-
ſeribed, that the wayfaring man, though a fool, thall not err
in the enquiry; but Chriſtianity does not annihilate the cha-
racteriſtic. turn of mind any more than the paſſions peculiar
to each individual; the religion of Jeſus is calculated to
rectify the evil Propenftties, and to "ou the bow. 5 of

Hab. ii. . + Cant. i li. 1. 11 5 1 lit, 10. "
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the ſoul to their proper object. The man that poſſeſſes an
Inquiſitive mind cannot quench the ſpirit of inveſtigation of

Wich he feels himſelf the ſubject; and io far from merely

reſting ſatisfied with his principles becauſe he was educated

in them, fearing the influence of prejudice, they will he. - 5

the firſt to undergo his ſcrutiny; and is not this conduct ſuit-

able to the precepts of the New Teſtament, .which-exhorts _

us to prove all things, and to hold faſt that which is good?
And although Paul teſtified to the Bereans that which was
unqueſtionably-true, yet they were commended for ſearch-
ing the ſcripture before they yielded their aſſent to his doc-
trine. The ſearches of that reaſon that with an upliſted
eye implores divine illumination cannot be unpleaſing to its
. Creator, cannot be deemed a leaning to our own underſtand-
ings, in oppoſition to truſting in the Lord. If the exerciſe
of reaſon be admiffible in religion, by whoſe reaſon are, we
to form our opinions bf divine trath? By our own or by
that of another? Yet are not ſome of the people of God
too contracted in their views? Are they not too apt to colt.
demn as uninfluenced by the Spirit of God thoſe who ven-
ture to queſtion what they eſteem; truth? Is not religion a
perſonal thing? How can I be ready to give to every one a
Treaſon of the hope that is in me, if 1 be 2 of de-
fending my principles? A deſcription of the devout affec-
tions of my heart; if accompanied with a confiſtent conduct,
will be ſatisfactory to my fellow Chriſtians ; but what ar-
gument will my religious experience be towards convincing
thoſe of the truth, or divine origin of a religion, with the
influences of which their minds are totally unacquainted;
but who may have ingenuity enough to propoſe difficulties.
calculated to ſtagger the weak, or to confirm the impeni-
tent in oppoſition to the Goſpel ? All men reaſon more or
leſs on religion as well as other ſubjects: the difference is,
that thoſe who think for themſelves will be more likely to form
their opinions from ſcripture, while others reſt in their edu-
cational prejudices, whether true or falſe. From theſe con-
ſiderations it appears to me not only juſtifiable, but highly
neceſſary, that Chriſtians ſhould be found in the exerciſe
not only of practical and expetimental, but likewiſe of the
rational part of 'religion. Perhaps the acrimonious warmth”
that too often diſgraces theological controverſy ariſes from
this cauſe, namely, that one or both parties are defending _
prejudices rather than well digeſted opinions. From cloſe
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_ wearcdiſpoſed to candaut; for in their ſentiments we ofteit
_ .' find very plauſible, if not to us concluſive arguments for
WW - their belief. By a ſtrict enquiry as to thie juſtneſs of our
ideas we ſhall promote our on comfort, our own happi-
neſs, and our uſefulneſs to others; a faith founded in ig-
noxance will ever be open to the attack of our opponent,
and if our own belief be not ſhaken, yet as lovers of truth,
we ſhall be concerned to find ourſelves incapable of defend-
ing her cauſe. In ſhort, it appears to me that the glory of
"God; ſo far as he has been pleaſed to make us the promoters
of it, ariſes from the exerciſe of reaſon in the way of the
- Lord's appointmennn. JULIA.
EXTRACT FROM A MINISTER'S DIARY. |
TANUARY iſt, 1794, heard Mr. Romaine, who, I be-
of lieye,. is in the eightieth year of his age, preach his
annual ſermon at Blackfriars, from Rom. xv. 13 —< The
God of Hope.” GERI to I ag”
The ſermon was ſhort and good, but without much order

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or method. The people were very attentive, and to all ap-
oxi much affected and comforted. I obſerved that he
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d not attempt to prove any thing, but took all his doftrines
for granted. Like the venerable prophets of old he came
with, Thus faith the. Lord.” And without endeavouring
to convince his hearers that what he advanced was the true
and proper ſenſe of the 1 he quoted, as though the
grand truths: of the Goſpel were doubtful, he pointed out
the ſuitableneſs of his doctrine to the people of God, and
the utility of believing it upon the teſtimony of God alone,
who not only authorized but commanded their aſſent. and
_ reliance. He adduced ſeveral portions of ſcripture; in which
the word 4ope was contained, and paraphraſed them with
great earneſtneſs and judgment. This is an eaſy way of
preaching—perhaps the beſt. . 956 7

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8 E ATH, that mighty victor, xetards the progreſs of
| human ſplendor by his repeated blows. He triumphs
over the vain diſtinctions of the great, and ſways his haughty
ſceptre throughout the world. Like an imperious prince he
| breaks the ſilken cord of friendſhip, and deſtroys the golden
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chain of conjugal felicity. The beauteous and ſerene muſt
fall reſiſtleſs into his cold embrace, as well as the ſwarthy,
Ethiopian. Alexander the Great, who fat down and weft
| becauſe he had no more worlds to conquer, with one act of
this tyrannic monſter's, received a mortal ſtroke which
checked his towering ambition, and put an end to all his
glory. That too aſpiring mind which he poſſeſſed could
| ike es kept within the boundaries. of the, glabe ; butnow
content with ſmaller room, he lies at caſe within the narrow
limits of a ſhroud. Mortals, the young, the fair, the noble
and the wiſe, muſt alſo meet with the ſame irreſiſtible fate.

I << Ev'nl, the loweſt of the throng,
e Unſkill'd in verſe, or artful ſong, ;
„Shall ſhortly ſhroud my humble head.
| And mix with them among the dead.“ Ro -w.
And is it true that I ſhall quit this ſtage of mortality? Is it
an undeniable fact that this tabernacle muſt ere long be un-
pinned, and mingle with its native duſt ? Why then, O my
foul ! art thou centering thine affections in any thing below
the ſkies? Conſider that this is not thine home; it is but an
inn, where weary pilgrims call for refreſhment, and then
poring their journey to another, a better country. Act
ike the man who, when travelling to Jeruſalem, met with
many things in the way which attraQed his admiration ; but
at every object made a ſudden pauſe, and cried out, This
is not Jeruſalem ! this is not Jeruſalem! I muſt be gone.“
Jo thou, if any thing ſhould command thine attention while
in the road to the kingdom, ſtand a moment and reflect, that
This is not Jeruſalem ! the new Jeruſalem”! whither I am
bound; and therefore here I mult not, I cannot ſtay.” - Let
alſo the thoughts of an approaching diſſolution cheer and
animate thy drooping ſpirits, when trials like mighty torrents
roll one upon the back of another in ſwift ſucceſſion. R-.
member that the troubles'of this life will ſhortly be over ; |
and thou, O my ſoul! redeemed by the blood of Chriſt, _
And ſanctified by his Spirit, wilt find a retreat from the noiſe
and clamour of an evil world. Yet a few more ſtorms may
wing their impetuous way acroſs the tempeſtuous ocean;
a few more billows may rear their proud preſumptuous
heads; but ere long this little barge ſhall nobly outride
them all, and gain the wiſhed-for haven of eteraal reſt.

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I. through the atoning blood of Jeſus, but the dleffn
received by farth, and as all men have not faith,” fo the =
of\moſt; if not all Chriſtians,” is ſometimes feeble /and ready 0
fail; and at theſe feafons'they do not enjoy the comfort of a
Pe pardon ; ; they have not ſo full a perfuafion as they ought of

mie efficacy bf Chriſt's ſacrifice to purge the conſcience from

all fin, hop fo firm a dependance-upon it for their own par-.
dom, and conſequently doubt their intereſt in-it.

The knowledge of our forgiveneſs muſt be derived from the |
written teſtimony of the word, connected with the inward wit-
Len of the Spirit. The teſtimony of the word runs in general
terms, declaring, that whoſcever believeth is juſtified, but ſays
nat that this or the other particular perſon is a believer. - [The
imnward witnels of the Spirit that we are believers puts the

ter out of doubt; but this may be withdrawn from the h 22 1
of real Chriſtians; and then, 8 7 they are children of light,
mmey will walk in darkneſs, and fearing God has not pa d
- them, expoſtulate with bim in the 5 wage of Jobe, 1 have
Hamed, what ſhall I do unto thee, O thou preſerver of men?
Why Haſt thou ſet me as a mark againſt. thee, ſo that I am a
- 5 to myſelf? And why doſt thou not pardon mx tranſ-
reſſion and take away mine iniquity?” When God hides his
. no man can contemplate his forgivin love with pleaſure
and approbation. Unbelief rifes up againſt- faith, and filences
it «IFC clamorous contradictions, ſo that the ſoul can draw no
comfortable concluſion concerning its ſtate. And as to obtain-
ing the knowledge of our forgiveneſs by the application of the
characters of Chrift's d iſciples to ourſelves, it muſt be obſerved
| that theſe characters are various, and ſome of th=m ſo high, I
mat few Chriſtiaus in this life can always appropriate. them i - -
| zhemſel ves.

We ſhall be ord of this, if we confider that fin dwells
in even the beſt of God's children here below; and the fleth
juſteth ant warreth againſt the ſpirit, Now, fo far as the bad
principle prevails, it will produce doubts and fears with regard |
to our forgiveneſs and acceptance z whatever defiles the mind,
Bf its peace, and interrupts its joy in the Lord. |

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ſubtle; potent, and malicious beyond expreſſion, and labours to

hinder the faith and joy of Chriſtians by clouding their views

of God's love, and Chriſt's. redemption, ot hy objecting to all
their evidences and experiences; fo that it is really more won-
derful that they ſhoyld at any time have a clear ſight of, their

| forgiveneſs, than that they ſhould at ſome ſeaſons, and in ſma

caſes, feel diſtrefſingtears in reference to itt.
It is an unqueſtionable fact, that many are in a juſtified ſtate,
and accepted of Gad in the Beloved and for his fake, who yet
want either genetally, or at ſome ſeaſons, the clear diſcoveries

of it. Now; in al ſuch perſons there is a deep ſenſe- of Lt
ice: of a-traofient- conviftion in the con-
itua] ſentiment of a broken amd contrite
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heart;

and Ken ſorrow; by humble ſubmiffion to the will of God in

a ſu ering ſtate ; and by candour and charity with regard tothe
fins of others, whom, though. they may rebuke and warn, they
will not haſtily condemn them, but endeavour to reſtore then:

in the ſpirit of meekneſs and love. This humble and contrite

mind is an ohject of the divine complacency : God dwells in

it, and in due time will revive and comfort it. As the pride of
human nature is great, and lies deep in the heart of man, ſo

the work of the Spirit in the humiliation of Chriſtians is gra-

dual and progreſſive, and may be carried on in ſome hearts by

long and manifold afflicting circumſtances and inward diſeau-
ragements, Some, perhaps, may aſk, why does not the Lord

- deſtroy pride in the heart of his people by a perpetual and clear

ſunſhine of his grace and love? And they may as well aſk,
why does he make a difference between this earth and heaven?

In heaven the viſion of God will effectually remove all ſelf-
exulting thoughts, but this viſion is not the privilege of mortal

men; they are to be dealt with in a different manner, ſuited to
their low and prabationary ſtate, by diſcipline and correction,
and thus by degrees are to be weaned from ſelf-conceit, ſelf-
will, felf-righteouſneſs, and bruught into a ſettled temper of
humility, Here they are to be humbled by frequent views of
their fins, and ſenſations of the juſt diſpleaſure of their God;
hereafter they will ſee that in his glory that will cauſe them to
veil their faces in his preſence, and caſt their crowns before his
feet. For every purpoſe there is a ſet time and ſeaſon. This
life is evidently defigned for labour and patience, the next life
is the appointed place of perfect reſt, holineſs, and happineſs.
It is in vain for us to loak for our harveſt in the ſeed- time, and

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for our full triumph in the heat of the battle. An babitual
humbleneſs of mind is what becomes us beſt; and ſhould be our
conſtant aim and deſire. He that humbleth himſelf ſhall be
exalted; and bleſſed are the poor in ſpirit, for theirs is the king-
dom of heaven. Faith, hope, and joy, are very deſirable
graces, but humility is the temper of Jeſus, and the garment
with which he will have his difciples cloathed. Would we
know that our fins are forgiven us? Let us deſcend into the
vale of Chriſtian humility, and there God will meet with us
and bleſs us. On the Mount we may ſee and enjoy more, but
Here we fhall beſt know ourſelves, and be prepared for our pre-
ſent work and future reward. If others are fond of ſhining
| qualities't that attract the admiration of the world, let us ſtrive
to excel in humility, which men-may deſpiſe, bur God will ac-
cept and honour for the ſake of a crucified ty whoſe
oye and HEY it is. RS
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' REFLECTIONS. UPON Ginn at 36. inn ©

1 All theſe things are againſt me,” |
ws are perfectly 1ncapacitated to judge either of p er-

ſons or things in the dar. Gloomy apprehenſions
are not uncommon in the experience of true Chriſtians, and
when they prevail in any conſiderable degree we make
but flow and uncomfortable advances towards the kingdom.
Faith in the promiſes and hope of fruition; theſe - only can
brighten up the proſpect. Relations die friends change
trade ſlackens . loſſes recur—ſickneſſes prevail ſlanders
: ariſe—alas ! «all theſe things,” ſaith the believer, „are
againſt me.” We commonly judge from fight and ſenſe,
but the Lord acts from infinite wiſdom and perfect recti-
tude. Now, for a man to refuſe the enjoyment of /ome
comforts becauſe hers are removed, is ingratitude to God
and injurious to himſelf. Poor Rachel refuſed to. be com-
| forted becauſe her children (were not.” Let us ever re-
member that the Lord's aſſurance is far better than our con-
jecture; he declares that « all things do work together for
good to them who love God, and are the called Ong
« to his purpoſe.” |
A want of penetration, and frequent miſtakes in judg-
ing about the diſpenſations of Providence, occaſion no
{mall ee of anxiety and — | in-the experience of
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true chriſtians. The venerable patriarch Jacob (whoſe pa-
thetic and bitter exclamation I have ſeleQed as a-motto for
this brief eſſay) was a man tried in a great variety of ways,
as appears from his hiſtory; and at times he was led to
write bitter things againſt himſelf; but ſure he was not wile
in ſo doing. As for Job, it is well known that the hiſtory:
of his life is a maſs of woe. (See chap. iii.) The diſtreſſes of
David were complicate indeed, and ſometimes led him to
draw dark conclufions againſt himſelf. (See pſal. Ixxiii.)
Now, our want of penetration and diſcernment are owing.
to two things: 1. Our ignorance of God and his peculiar
methods of working. He put Jo/eÞk in priſon, in order to
bring him to honour. ' He brought Mo/es into Pharoar's

' houſe to keep him alive. He brought Iſrael into ſtraights
in order to work their deliverance. And, to the confuſion
of human pride, he called fiſhermen to propagate his goſ-
pel, and-to found the firſt chriſtian churches in the world.
« The wiſdom of God is fooliſhneſs with men, his paths
are in the great deep, and his footſteps are not known.”

2. Our ſelf-will and a natural defire to preſcribe. We
are too confident in our apprehenſions of what we think
will do beſt. This ſelf-conceit blinds the underſtanding,
The prayer of a certain woman agrees to this, © Grant that

theſe my two ſons may ſit, one at thy right hand and one at

thy left in thy kingdom.” Jeſus reproved her folly by ſay-
ing to her and her aſſociates in the petition, -+* Ye know
not what ye aſk.” Peter, on the mount of transfigura--
tion, propoſed to erett three tabernacles, but alas! He
knew not what he ſaid.” Now, a ſcriptural and firm per-
ſuaſion that all our concerns are under the management of

the divine Providence, and that gll is therefore right, will
ſupport us under and reconcile us to every affliction and
trial. I conceive it was this, as a prevailing ſentiment and
a well-grounded principle in the mind of Job which ena-
bled him to fay, - Though he ſlay me, yet will I truſt in
him. He knoweth the way which I take, and when he
„ hath tried me I ſhall come forth as gold.” It was this
which enabled {Tabattut to make that triumphant boaſt

which occurs in the third chapter of his book. Although
the fig- tree ſhall not bloſſom, neither ſhall fruit be in the
vines: the labour of the olive ſhall fail, and the fields
* ſhall yield no meat, yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will
joy in the God of my ſalvation.“ Oh the bleſſing of ge-
nuine Faith! Be it obſerved, that which makes 9
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mtme body and our temporal intereſts often, by the grace *
Sod, makes for the foul and promotes our beſt intereſts—
If the children in God's family are afflicted! what will be⸗
come of reben? If the righteous ſeatrely be ſaved,”
- what will become of the ungodly? The g 720% of Chriſt is

deſigned to relieve our fears and exalt our hopes. Then,
O my ſoul, read, mark, learn, and N 4 5 its ſacred
contents. N een
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EING from home, I did not receive yourstill this day.
-I wiſh I nay be able to give you any ſatisfaction on
the point therein mentioned, I think I had ſufficient au-
thority from the word of God for what 1 advanced at St.
Saviour's the laſt Lord's day, on the difference between
believing and the ſeal of the Spirit. 5
Faith, or believing, and the ſeal of the Spiel are cer-
- tainly two diſtin things, as 1 apprehend from Eph. i, 13,
« In whom alſo after that ye believed ye were ſealed
- with that holy ſpirit of promiſe. Here you ſee the Ephe-
Hans are repreſented as having believed 60 rſt, and afterwards
as bein ſealed with the ſpirit of promiſe. The apoſtles them-
ſelves ſeem to me to have heen believers without the ſeal
of the Spirit, all the while our Lord continued with them.
We therefore find him frequently promiſing them the aids
and comforts of the Spirit after he ſhould riſe from the
dead; thus we read, John xiv. 25, 26, Theſe things have
1 ſpoken unto you, being yet preſent with you; but the
* comforter, which is the Holy Gboſt, whom the Father will
ſend in my name, he ſhall. teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatſoever J have ſaid
unto you.” From this paſſage, I think we may ſafely con-
clude, that the diſciples were ſtrangers to many of the
ſealing or confirming gifts and comforts of the Spirit, till
after our Lord's aſcenſion. Again, we read, John xvi. 1,
66 Nevertheleſs, I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you
that I 80 . for if I 80 not _ the comforter will
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not come unto you, but if I depart, will ſend, him undo |
you.” Here our Sayiour ſeems to intimate that the apoſ-
tles were ſtrangers to the eſtabliſhing and ſealing knowledge
of the comforter, and hints that they would continue ſo tall
his departure from them. * If 1 go not away the com-
forter will not come unto you.” Now it is plain that theſe _
perſons were believers while they remained, thus deſtitute of
the Spirit's ſenſible preſence, although their faith was
mixed with doubts and fears; becauſe our Saviour faith,
Matt. xviii. 6,' Who ſo ſhall offend one of theſe little
ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a
millſtone were hanged about his neck, and that he were
.drowned in the depth of ſea.” I could produce more texts
to prove that believing and being ſealed with the Spirit
are two diſtinct acts or operations, ſuch as Acts viii. 16,
« For as yet He,” namely the Holy Ghoſt, was fallen
upon none of them, only they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jeſus.” „„ tech Pe
I hope, by this time, you are convinced of the truth of
my aſſertion; that faith and the ſeal of the Spirit are diſ-
tin things. The reaſon why ſome people have con-
founded them, and thought them to be one and the ſame
thing, I apprehend to be this: Many. perſons, poſſeſſed
of ea true ſaving faith, as I firmly believe, will not be

perſuaded they are ſafe, becauſe they dre not free from

doubting ; and becauſe they have not an abiding affur-
ance, falſely conclude they have no faith. Do not ima-
gine, from what J have written, that I undervalue an aſſur-
ance, much leſs that I would adviſe you to reſt ſhort of ſo
ineſtimable a bleſſing; God forbid ! I hope you will draw
no ſuch inferences; you will never be entirely at liberty in
your own foul till you have it: but you may, neverthe-
leſs, be poſſeſſed of a true juſtifying faith, and not be in
the conſtant aſſurance of your intereſt in Chriſt. 1

You deſire me to direct you to a ſacred promiſe tending
to remove your doubts. My dear brother, may the dear
Lord Jeſus quiet all your fears by a viſit from himſelf. I
would only aſk, are you eagerly defirbus of holineſs as well
as pardon, and are you convinced that you are a ruined

creature in yourſelf? If you can anſwer yes, I look upon
|. You as a truly awakened perſon, and to ſuch our Lord muſt

be underſtood to ſpeak, Matt. xi. 28. If you can rely on
the active and paſhve righteouſneſs of Jeſus Chriſt, and
believe him to be willing and able to ſave, you are cer-

. tainly ſafe. The promiſe I would build my aſſertion on is

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Mark xy 16, He that beljeyeth and is baptized ſhall be. _

_ faved.” Fs. cam, we read Rom. x. 11. Whoſoever be-

lieveth on him ſhall not be aſhamed.” . I wiſh. you would

read that whole chapter on your knees, with fervent,

er. |

Your next requeſt is, that I would give you further ad-

vice. I would therefore adviſe you to pray for an increaſe.

as a grain of muſtard feed,” as well as of great faith, and

being ſtrong 1n faith ; the Rc is the ſame, although the
degrees are different. 1 | | |
tend this plain epiſtle, and earneſtly beg your "ow" for

cerely with a bleſſing may at-
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«© A 'GOOD BOOK 18 NEVER Los r.“

A . emplified, but ſeldom in a more extraordinary way
than by the following fact, communicated to us by the

Rev. S. Douglas, of Chelmsford. There lived in the town.

of C, a perſon of the name of Johnſon, by profeſſion
a painter, and much eſteemed in that line of buſineſs. —-
Notwithſtanding he had been privileged with a religious

education, his connexions in the world led him into the

company of ſome perſons of a deiſtical turn, by whom his
mind was much injured, though he was not without occa-
. tonal checks of conſcience, and ſlaviſh fears of death.

From this miſerable ſtate it pleaſed the God of all grace to
deliver him, in the year 1796, in the following fingular

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HE truth of this common adage has been often ex-

manner:—His wife, in paſſing along the ſtreets, picked up,

and brought home, three or four books, which had been.

loſt by one of the members of a book-ſociety in the town,

among them, was the four miſſionary ſermons, with the

portrait of Captain Wilſon ;—being a painter by profeſſion.
the picture firſt engaged his attention, andafterdipping alittle

into the book, he reſolved, as illneſs confined him at home

the following Sabbath, that he would read over the four

_ © fermons; the bleſſed conſequence was, that the Holy Spirit
ſet home the truths contained in them on his heart, and

from

of faith. We read in ſcripture of : little faith,” and, “ faith,

THOMAS JONES.

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from that day he was a new man. For ſome time he at-
tended the miniſtry of Mr. D. with much profit, and a

length died full of faith, and of the Holy Ghoſt. Thus
may,

we ſee that circumſtances, very trivial in themſelves,
by the application of the divine Spirit, be made effect |
to the converſion of ſinners; and even the loſs of a book
may prove, through his bleſſing, the finding of a ſoul.

The circumſtance above related, ſuggeſted an hint to our

minds, which we beg leave to propoſe to the ſerious reader.
might he done, if thoſe -

May we not hope that much gooc be
to whom the Lord hath given ability, were to purchaſe ſmall
tracts, upon ſpiritual: ſubjects, and, by dropping them as
they walk, ſhipping them into the pocket of a ſtage coach,
or leaving them at an inn on the road as they travel, in-
duce ſome, from motives of mere curioſity, to look into
_ theſe kind of books, which, otherwiſe, they would diſregard,
There are ſome valuable tracts, ſuited to ſuch a purpoſe,
publiſhed by the Religious Tract Society, at their Depo-
ſitory, Stationer's-Court, Ludgate-Hill. «4 Caſt thy bread
upon the waters, for thou ſhalt find it after many days.“

THE Rev. Dr. R**#**, of Briſtol, was lately preaching
from Eccleſiaſt. vi. 12. Who knoweth what is good for
a man; his text led him to diſcourſe upon Providence, in
which he introduced the following anecdote, told him by his
father, who knew the circumſtance to be true: 17

A gentleman in an extenſive line of buſineſs in a diſtant
part of the country, left his houſe with an intention of going
to Briſtol fair; but when he had proceeded about half way
on his journey was taken with ſo violent a fit of the ſtone as
to be detained ſeveral days at the place where he then was;

and as the fair was by this time in a conſiderable degree

over, he was induced to return home. Some years after the
ſame gentleman happening to be on buſineſs at ſome place

where the aſſizes for the county were held, was induced,

from what motive I know not, to he preſent at the execu-

tion of a criminal who was then about to ſuffer; Whilſt he

was here mixed with the croud the criminal intimated a de-
fire to ſpeak with him, and fignified that he had 2
to communicate to him. The gentleman approached, an
was addrefled in language fimilar to this: Do you recol-
lect having intended at ſuch a time to go to Briſtol fair?
Les, perfectly well. It is well that you did not, for it was
the intention of myſelf and ſeveral others, who knew that
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tection.“ Thus tho©: afflictions and croſs providences which
in the experience of believers are ſo painful, are ſometimes

valuable purpoſes.
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Logatty enforced by Arguments which are foundsd upon juft views of civil |
Government, as an ordinance of God, and efſential to the happineſs of

Mankind. The Subſtance of a Sermon preached in the Baptift Meeting-

House, Richmond. Court, Edinburgh, on Sabbath, Aug. 4, 1799. To

evhtch it added, ' a windication of ſome difſenting Congregations, who
Laie been charged with ' Diftoyalty by the late General Afſembly of the

b N Scotland. By WILLIAuM BRa1DwWooD, 12. Pages 47.
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60.

AFTER u brief recital of the duties we owe to civil rulers, our un-

feigned ſubjeCtion or allegiance to them is enforced by the following con-
Gderations—T hat government is the ordinance of God, and univerſally
prevails—that it eſſertially promotes the happineſs of mankivd—that the
ies of ſubjects, and the manner in which they are enforced in the word

of God, ſtrongly confirm the principle of conſcientious ſubjetion—that
many Jews and Gentiles, occupying various departments of government,

were converted in the times of . Chriſt and his Apoſtles, without bein

| 8 reſign their employments as unlawful—that the Apoſtle Pau

highly refpeRed civil Magiſtrates, acknowledged their authority, and

_ claimed their prote&tion—that Chriſt himſelf, though he might have pleaded
. exemption, paid tribute, that he might ſet us an — to contribute more

to government than can be legally demanded, rather than offend—that
though the New Teſtament does not preſcribe any particular form of civil
government, yet it fully explains the nature of the office of Magiſtrates,

| and points out the duties incumbent upon them as clearly as thoſe of huſ-

bands, parents, or maſters. | | |
From theſe ſentiments, and the hints contained in the v indication, the
Author properly leaves the Public to decide whether he and his religious

friends, who embrace and inculcate the (ans ſentiments, ought to be im-
plicated in a charge of diſaffectisn. has

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REVIEW or xEbtotous PUBLICATIONS. 29
She Triumphant Believer ;\ a Funeral Sermon. By Rev. W. B. Wik-
Fg 3 High Wycombe, Sh 3a þ. Price 6d. Chapman, &c.., .
THIS Sermon is replete with evangelical matter well arranged, illu-
mined with ſingularly beautiful applications of ſcripture. - Exclufive of the
excellent charaQter it draws, it contains, a rich fu ns of chriſtian experience,
and ſentiments applicable to every Chriſtian. It is highly edifying, and as
capable of affording light to the well informed mind, as of impreſſing a
ſenſe of the moſt intere YT Ri en e in the ſight of
| Expofitory Remarks on the Diſcipline of the Primitive Churchiz. B
AX. FULLER. ' 24 Pp. 120. 34. Clipſtone : Morris. London: Butt Ns
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THESE Remarks were originally drawn up in the form of a We.
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ney, in May laſt. The firſt impreſſian being exhauſted, the publication
. makes its appearance in the preſent form as more directly calculated for a
general circulation.” FF
By the diſcipline here referre to, Mr. F. intends * a mutual watch
over one another, and the conduct we are directed to, purſue in caſes of dif=
order. Among the latter Mr. F. particularly inſiſts upon a departure
from the faith of the Goſpel, or any of its Jaging doctrines, as a prin-
cipal object of Chriſtian diſcipline, and argues the point with his ulual

ability and ſucceſs, . | . rf e | | ;
I plain and ſtrious Addreſs tothe Maſter of a Family on the important Sub
Jeck of Faul RELicton. B pl DopbrIDGE, D. D. 120. 48 Pp.
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well adapted for the extenſive circulation that we wiſh. A poſtcript is
ſubjoined to the letter, containing two brief ſpecimens of family devotion.
Songs in the Night. By SUSAN NA HARRISON, 6th Edition, amo. 203
. Pages, 28. 6d. bound, 8. and T. C onder.
Me announce with pleaſure, a new edition of theſe intereſting and uſeful
Poems; eſpecially as ſo rapid a ſale of the laſt edition encourages us to
belieye that our essen 0 of it, in the Magazine for May 1797, has
contributed towards the increaſe of their circulation. ' 23
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of the Ghurch of England. By a Member of the Charch of England,
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THE dialogue of which this is an abridgment, at the. time when firſt
publiſhed bad'its uſe, byt fince that period it is rendered leſs neceſſary, by
the great increaſe of Evangelical Clergymen, and the wide ſpread of goſpel
knowledge. Some perſons, unacquainted with the articles'of the eſtabliſhed -
Church, may read with profit; but we wiſh the deſk had conducted tae
dialogue with a temper equgl to the pulpit, *

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i" . 8. Allttle above two years ago, the Lord in his wiſe providence led me to |
' *, the wild, dark and benighted wig of Peppard, where'tht goſpel warn not

- preached, till our little compact chapel was built and opened, Se
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Fa {trained to-deplore their it fi before the moſt high God
ery, conitramed to depiore their tate as nnners, re the m V
0 by the fame divine aid and mercy have been led to lay wa 1
as the only refuge and hope of a poor guilty finner. February 2798, 1
eftabliſhed a Sunday School, which I have had he 5
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| Heretofore running about the common upon the

manner of ſport, are now brought into order and decorum, and are em-

ployed in the worſhip of God on that day,—Seven of the young men i the
hool are quite reformed, and five of them I have reaſon to believe,

\gares; but to pray to the God of the ſcriptures, that he would infiruR theis

minds in the knowledge of his word, and apply the ſacrgd contents to their

Hearts, by his adorable 4 nk But what I particularly intended to no-

tice in this letter is, -that I have bee |

dinary way in the diſplay of the riches of bis divine grace and mercy ;

' for I do not know that I have met with above two or three for theſe twenty
_ years, before I came toPeppard, that have been ſavingly called after the

were fifty. But that God, who moves in a myfterious way to mani

| the wonders of his grace in the ſalvation of ſinners, has, within this year |
oftromentality, five
aped people, the youngeſt of whom was ſeventy. Of theſe monuments af

- and nine months graciouſly called, through my poor i

_ Givine grace, three I Suſt have, within theſe nine months, gone ſafe: ts
glory, and the other two are following hard after. The laft that departed
this life, was J. White, of Dunſdon-Green, who, for upwards of ſeventy

two years, was a ſtout hearted rebel againſt God, and far from all righte-

ouſneſs; ſwearing, drinking, and Sabbath-breaking, were his conftant

ract ices. 3 f | .
It pleaſed God, who has mercy on whom he will have mercy, to incline
he heart of one of his daughters, who lives at Peppard, to attend on the
preaching. She was impreſſed with what ſhe heard, and no ſooner felt her
own'ſtate as a ſinner, but ſhe began to feel for her aged parents and her
dear relatives. She went to Dunſdon-Green, which is about four miles
from the chapel, to tell them what ſhe had heard, and to invite them to come
and hear for themſelves. At firſt ſhe was repulſed, ſo that ſhe came away
much grieved ; but like the poor widow with the unjuſt Judge, ſhe was

- 2796.——$ince that peried the Lord bas been graciouſly pleaſed to let me ſee
that my poor imperfect labours have not been in vain in him ; ſeveral
— the aboundings of free grace, have been convinced of their mi-

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ve been fayoured to ſee Cod go out of his or-

determined. to continue her application till her requeſt was granted. At

Jaſt ſhe prevailed on one of her liſters to come to hear. The Lord was

pleaſed to ſend the word to her heart, ſo that ſhe, in addition to her ſiſter's

application, began to intreat her huſband and parents to come. At laſt they

were perſuaded, and this ancient pair, in the eleventh hour of their lives, be-

ame, under the preiching of the goſpel, as melting wax before gy en 1 :
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| | Prom that time I do not temeinber ſeeing the man under one ſermon
f;ror near a year and a half, but 1 ſtreaming; and when I have
been e Boo love of Chriſt, in ſufferi

| ring and dying for poor guilty
ſinners, and declaring his willingneſs to ſave: the worſt of Wark that
©, truſt in him, he has appeared in an extacy of joy. This change of: heart
produced RN alteration in his life; the ſabbath of the Lord
no one 05 ly and delightful day to bis ſoul. | The 3 he made
to to Peppard Chapel, at his advanced age, were aſtoniſhing. 5
hds fiequertdy-taid to me, as it reſpected what God had — for him —
the reſt of the family, “ Surely, Sir, God has made this great change
„hat a merey he did fit cut us off in our ſins. His concern for
the fouls of his profligate neighbours alſo was greatly manifeſted, for with
, anxious" folicitude he requeſted me to go down and preach to them.
About three months before his death he was confined with an aſthma,
the gravel and ſtone; and though his afflictions were great, he ale
thought God dealt with him in 82 When I viſited him I found
bim happy in his ſoul, and fo far from being afraid to die, that ha de-
fired much to go when it was the will of bis heavenly Father. Latked
him if he depended upon any gpodneſs of his cn; he anſwered he had
no goodneſs of his own, that he could not do any thing in point of ſal-
vation, but he left it all to the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, and. depeuded alone
upon his blood and righteouſneſs for all the ſalvation of God. This was
a refreſhing ſeaſon w my on mind; my ſoul was melted down and over-
flowed with gratitude to God for this diſplay of his unparalleled love and
mercy, in ſnatching this poor aged profligate ſinner, even in the eleventh.
hour of his life, as a brand out of the fire. + e
A little before his death a friend viſited him, to whom he ſaid, I have
left all my worldly concerns to you, and committed - myſelf into the
hands of Chriſt, and am waiting his pleaſure for my diſmiſſion- The
morning on which he died he was carried down ſtairs, and when ſet in his
chair, he began to cry, Come Lord Jeſus, come ſweet Jeſus and take
me to thy blefſed felf ; the Lord in great mercy anſwered his prayers, for
immediately he bowed” his head and died without'a ſigh or à groan, on
Sunday the roth of February. I endeavoured to improve the circumſtance
from pſalm cxxvi. 5, they that ſaw in tears ſhall reap in joy. The Lord
was pleaſed to fulfil his own promiſe to make one in tho midſt of us.

Pexr gap, March 19, 1799 ES:
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. | Rayflon, Cambridgeſbire, Marth 22, 17996

BEING called on a few weeks ſince to viſit a poor dying man whoſe
life had been very immoral, and religion almoſt his conſtant jeſt, I found
him now willing to attend to thoſe things which before he had ever treated
with the -reateſ indifference : the arrqws of the Almighty appeared to
Mick faſt in him, and the near proſpect of r his ſoul. With
accents indicating the feeling of his mind he ſaid, „Sir, I'm glad you are
come, I'm, in much pain, great diſtreſs, and am juſt going to leave the
world.“ I enquired where he thought he was going“ he hoped to be de-
| bvered from his preſent miſery,” —* On what do you ground yo one po
« Sir, I havg.ſuffered a great deal in my illneſs, and I ho 't hal not
ſuffer in the other world.“ * If you die in ſm be affured your preſent
will be ſucceeded by far greater ſutferings. Do you ſuppoſe yourſelf fitted
' for the ſociety of heaven?” With more frankneſs than uſually marks the
reply to queſtions of this nature be aid, 5 be feared he was meg.” © Di

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= 23838 cept. you be born again yen can in no wile enter into, the
beaven.' . But, Sir, Iwill pray night and . MM hk

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cer will be for ever loſt 5 While I was thus jy Wt 10
the danger of his fituation, the r ereature very frequently with |
Phatic-carneſtneſs cried out, have merey!. Lord have, 4 |
—— to point out and explain to him the purpaſes or; 18 |

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ſinners to the uttermoſt who on him placed their dependence; 15 8
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ication of the fine as the circumſtances rende large ol
this was the only vay of eſcaping; that eternal — — to which
_ poſed him, at the ſame time informing him, that from God alone hg cou
obtain power to lay hald on the ſalvation ſo fraely offered. Finding m
mind peculiarly. impreſt with this awful tate of a dying fellow- worm, after
g ſome. time in prayer, again converſed with, queſtioned, and in- 8

| ducted him, and had «reaſon to believe he was enabled to ungerſtand the
- ſcheme of redemption, of Which, for the firſt time in his life, h now
_ heard,” I here left him, after which time Lam informed he expreſſed him-
olf deeply affected With what. had been ſpoken, Why (laid he) -t we |
words went through me; through my very heart; ſurely it was: God 5
the man that 7 — to me; I neyer faw os. if ſo before, His mind
peared to have received and retained ipſtruAion, and well remembered th
any way of obtaining mercy ; but added, ** it is now too late, I am

an lend ſinner. He continued in great diſtreſs for fame hours, and free

82 repeating parts of the converſation, and exclaiming;. but I am
H an heavy ſinner; oh that I could lay hold on it! J will pray; yes, 1
will pray to Fefus Chris. The following morning this diſtreſs ſubliged,
and joy, he fore to him unknown, evidently ap ppeared to fill his breaſt; now
imleed, did the tongue of the dumb begin to ſing, and praiſes to the finner's
friend occupied the few remaining moments of his life. "With delight equal
tothe-miſery he a ſhort time before experienced, he with joy oft cried, © I
wilt ptaiſe him; Jeſus· Chriſt is a merciful-Lord ; oh the goodneſs of God
in ſending the man to tell me of him! what, a, Beau ſinner I have been;
'29;/pardon me, ch what a merciful Lord! why I never thought on him,
llighted- him all my days; but he forgives my ſin j my burden, my guilt
is remoyed-; I am now willing to die.“ His wife '+ Or left him to ob-
- tain reſt, he. deſired ſhe might be called, as ſhe had been much concerned
for the Rate of his foul. . Now, Martha (faid he) * you ſatisfied 2
Jeſus Chriſt has had mercy on me, Jeſus Chriſt bas forgiven me my fins,

my guilt is removed, my pain is gone, and I am now willing to die,

Martha, Martha, don't you . negle& your ſoul as I did mine, teach my
children to-lcye and fear God. Oh how good he has been to me.” In
this frame he conrinued for two or three hours, exhorting thofe around him 2

and praiſing God: till quite exhauſted he ceaſed to breathe, and death for

ever cloſed the ſcene of life.
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| 12. 4/5 +4 124 MISSIONARY SOC}

' DEAR BROTHER,

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as the friend. of the Miffonary Society, the ſteps which - they are purſuing,
and the reaſons which bave-direBied their procedures: In order to this, t
will be neceſſary to lay before you the meaſures they have already taken for
the more extenſive diffuſton of the Truth throughaut the wrde
Vou will probably recollect, that our Society; in conjunction with thoſ
of Edinburgh and Glaſgow, ſent out each two Miſſionaries to Sierra Leone,

found, when they arrived there, all communication interrupted, by wilfy

which had brokew ont, In conſequence of which they divided into three _

arties, with a view of employing their labour in the vicinity of the en-

ony, waiting a favourable opportunity, if . Providence ſhould-ſo order, to

8 object of their deſtination. Three of theſe died on the ooaſt; 4

| feel as deep a concern for the intereſts of
the kingdom of aur Lord as we do, and are- equally anxious to ſpread the
knowledge of his ſalvation, we think it our duty to communicate to ,,

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ouith found it neceſſary to return. Mr. Brumton, in. conſequence of the 7;

death of Mr. Clark, the chaplain of Sierra Leane, was appointed provi-

ſionally td ſupply his place. Mr. Gregg contigues on the Rio Pougos, 1

with conſiderable hope of ſuccefs, and is to be joined by pray
from the Edinburgh Society, ready to ſail in a few days. We have

one young man now learning the Arabic language, with an expreſs view
to the interior of- Africa, and who, we hope, by means of a tranſlation of

the Bible into Arabic, to the printing of which we have ſubſcribed, max

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be the inſtrument of introducing the Word of God into that long neglect _ *

country. 1

At the Cape of Good Hope, the diſpatches from Dr. v anderkemp [nd -

# &

The intelligence received from Mr. Hilliard, our Miſſionary at Twit.

lingate, and the Eongregatiou under his care, is, as you nay perceive by-
his letters, promiſing. - And the communication from aur iffionary in

India, leads us to expeR, that before this time he has fixed upon a favour-
able ſpot for the commencement of his miffionary labour.

Of the Miſhon to the Southern Ocean, you have been made acquainted |

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in our former communications; and we Have every reaſan to believe, that

the removal of a part of our Brethren from Otaheite to Port Jackſon has
been over - ruled for more abundant good, as we have intelligence from un-

ſuſpected eye and ear-witneſſes, who were at the colony with them during
four months, that their labours and preaching were attended with very en-

2 appearances of uſefulneſs. Their congregations were numer»

ous, ànd a conſiderable ſubſcription made already by their hearers, for

the erection of one or more places of worſhip; and a competent appomnt-
ment offered them by the coloniſts and military, if they would open
ſchools, and undertake the tuition of their children. Should it pleaſe our
merciful Lord to kleſs their efforts among the Britiſh inhabitants, a great

door of entrance might from thenge be opened to Norfolk iſland, 1 —
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which is very flattering. We are daily expecting farther advices
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Places in its- vicinity, as well as, to the native Heathen, who now fre-
9 quent the colony. n Foo 05 AL KA Be on * 5 N A 5 DES
At Tongataboo, nine Brethren ane. truſt, continue to labour in their

vocation 3 from whom, the only information which we, have 1 game 8
- through-an American Ca al” who. viſited the itand not in y werkes
after the departure of the Duff, and found them all well as they had been
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t Otabeite remain ſeven Brethren and one Siſter, who have given tbe
mongeſt evidence of their devotedneſs to their work; by their determi-
tion mot 0 forſake their: poſt. Whatever might be the ap ſions f
4 - thoſe, who departed, fr their perſonal ſattty, it is evident thoſe who re.
_ Jalved to remain there could have apprehended none. .
12; After the receipt of the painful intelligence of the capture of the Duſß,
and the removal of a part of the Miſſionaries to Port fackſon, a Com-
mittee was appointed, conſiſting of the Committee of Correiſ „tha
e e rp of the other Committees, with the addition |
ei the, Rer. Meſſrs. Nicol and Steven Meſſrs. Syms, T. Wilſon and 7.
Miſont for the purpoſe: of conſiderinn g ]
1. The heſt and ſpeedieſt means of ſupporting the Miſfions already
2. Of accompliſhing theſei ſuggeſted and recommended at Ge-
neral Meeting 5 e ee e ee ET OEAALS | 25 f
This Committee entered on their work September 19, #799, when-ſe.,
vetal memoiĩra, which had been dran up by members of the Committee,
were read, and laid on the table, for conſideration at the next Meeting.
September 24. The following reſolutions were in conſequence adopted,
RNRsoruro, — That from the encouraging repreſentation made by Dv.
Vanderkemp, and the Secretary to the New South African Society, of the
proſpect of uſefulneſs in the vicinity of the Cape, and alſo among the Caf-
res and Boſhemen, as well as of an introduction into Madagaſcar, it ap-
pears, that ſił or eight unmarried Miſſionaries ſhould be ſent to the C

as ſoon as convenient after they are ſeledted, three or four of whom ſhöuld

de Dutebmen, ind an equal number Engliſhmen; that their deſtination

- «hall have a reference to theſe different ſtations; but that their ſpecific apr

pointments ſhall be the ſubje& of more particular regulation, previouſly
to their departure from Bngland, or otherwiſe after their arrival at the

KRksor vr, — That the Committee of Correſpondence be requeſted to
Prepare a letter to Mr. Ledeboer, informing him of the preceding Reſolu-
tion, and authorizing the Society, with which be is connected, to ſelect
three or four ſuitable perſons to form a part of that Miſſion, and to deſire
him to inform us when they are likely to be rea. 5
Res0LVED,—That of the Miſſionaries who may go to the Cape, one
ee and one Engliſh at leaſt mould poſſeſs reſpectable preaching abilities

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for that ſtation. | | |
* "RESOLVED,—That it appears adviſable that the Miſſion to India ſhould
de increaſed by one or two more individuals, as foon as ſuch can be found
-who are qualified for the Miſſionary ſervice in that patt, „
' RESOLVED,—That it appears deſirable that two fuitaþle young men
mould receive inſtruction in the Arabic: tongue, and in Surgery, with a
vie to. qualify them for Miſhonaries in thoſe Counties, in Aba or Africa,
where that language is underſtood.” '* 155 .
Reſpecting the Miſſion to the South Seas, it was reſolyed to wait till ad-
vices ſhauld come from Captain Robſon, - which would aſcertain —_—

—

aux could proeeed on hiy'

—— „ p
oyage or not. oki return ie deliberations; -
reſumed; and-confidering:the unſhaken fidelity; of the Brethren who,”

we abode at heir ſeveral ſtations ;—rememberir the, ſolemn pledge of the So-

ciety to them in bur. laſt Addreſe, aſſuring tem, % In the pyeſauc⸗ 1

7 by e to, fot we . ewilfully deſert
{See a e Vol. IV. . Os thed theſe and other. — he

| Committee felt the imperious claims they had to our attention, and came
to the 1 ae « That Se in oops on; Lins:

ſhall be viſit ox
The beſt and 6 Jieſt, and. of accom mnie became nxrucally;,
the next ſubje& : . Three methods were rel w ang

and eſtimates made. ne

2, By a South-wholer; but it A a bo that. the expence-of taking

-<ut four Miſſionaries, and 1 nding at the different Iſlands, would amount

to the ſum of 2,786l. This plan being ſo erpenſive, ene = ca-
pabte of affording ſo little he hel „was rejected. e
The other two were next conſidered, of a ſmall ſhip, of, our. Fray of.
150 tons; or of a much larger, to convey too perſons, and return, if po-
ſible, with freight. Both theſe modes were canvaſſed with thee advan-

rages. and diſadvantages, difficulties and expence. -

u this ate of indicifion-an unforeſeen providential apeniny „ made by

0 the Owners of the R Admiral, engaged our attention; it was re-

ſolved to depute a Sub- committee to converſe with the Owners, ec

An explicit propoſal in writing from them. ds nut Pars

The following was within 3 few days given x ðͤ 7
% DEARM SIR, S Gmildford-ftrect, Dec. 2th, 179.

„ received your note, covering the Propoſitions of the Miſſionary 80.

eicty, relative to 8 out Miſſionaries to the South Seas, and have

| ſhewn the ſame to ſeveral. of the Gentlemen concerned in the Royal Admi-

ral, who all expreſs their readingſs to promote the Society's views to their
fulleſt extent, and on the moſt reaſonable terms; and, therefore autho- -

rie you to ſay, they are willing to take any number of Miffonaties to
Otaheite, not exceeding fifty, for Three Thouſand Pounds; or to go ta

Tongataboo with ten, for One Thouſand Pounds, wehe to the permiſſion

of the Tranſport. Board.

„ With reſpe& to eg any of them back, that moſt depend upon
circumſtances, according to.the time they are 'livibg on the ſhip, and
ſpace which their baggage may occupy, (for which a reaſenable allowance
will be ex ected, as well as for apr ho after a reaſonable term to be li-

mited to ſee them ſettled,) at the end of- the 'voyage
% Yours, Sc. GABRIEL GILLETT:.”

This wth with their Report, the Committee preſented to the Direc-

tors, and it underwent a long diſcuſſion ;- but conſidering its great imp

tance, they adjourned the deciſion for one week, till the Monday follow-
ing, and ordered every Director in town to be ſummoned, for the ex-
— purpoſe of the fulleſt inveſtigation. On the day appointed, the
argeſt number of Directors ever . ws * many others who

bad been in that om. ,

. PINDER, Eſq. in the Chair,
| | Preſent. ; |
Meſſrs. 3 POE Durant, Foſter; Gaviller, Hardcaftle, Haweis,

/

= Hodſan, Humphries, Knight, Macdows}, Moody, Neale, Nicol,

Platt,

a

E | ue pitt to be ſent afterwards, from one br's of th pies fo Lot

as many proper perſons as we can procure with thoſe who are already

and chearfully engaging to ſubmit to the regulations eſſential to/good

| + It nom remains that you, Brother, aſſiſt os in * execution of the plan

4 | firength ſhall be eb in weakneſs, By Order

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$heubſ6le, Sans, 1 ee
== * VN —— Wink worth, CY

Alke,

2 ET bo Willd Gepe, B Tx
The n nl and ed, tony boner;

erna That Miſſiomiries, w ks dember of i and not ex»
, be- ſent to the South Seas; * — of: . to be left Siber at
"Port Jackſon or at Norfolk Iſland ; ; part at part at Otaheite,

8 n and the Gandwiek Islands (as opportun
portion to each place to be ſettled 93 75 f
d e knit oe de hd bs 0e the proving of your -
| Brethren, whith we hope will be grut 2 — — , that the
Royal Admiral, it is (uppoſed; will faif in March. 917 82 is detrable to ſend” |
ac
— e the expenice will be hearly the ſame; | per Aer be men of a

| my ore converſation you e nown, and oved |
Goo en of a meek and min; willing to fll =. ee |
- w them 2 murmuring or edvy'; renily 4 to endure'difficultics, and ſa-

ctifice indulgenees; willing to labour with their hatzds, and ſhew exam —
of induſtry among the natives; and by their lives and tempers to man |
the bleſſodneſs of that Chriſtianity which — 6 inculeate

order
in the ſeveral places of their fbode ; as is x ors folly ſtated in our late ad-

de to thoſe who! offer for Miſſionary labour, wn: which was. pabliſhed 3
this month in the Supplement ta the Evangelical Magazine.

FE that the number of faithful and devoted ſervants may be ready
embarkation againſt the time propoſed. We ſhoyld have been happy
11 ur local ſituation had admitted us to be favoured with your pr .

aſliſted by your intelligence. We thank you kindly for all your en-
preſſions of 8 and readineſs to repair our loſſes, as well as for your '

yera, hieb we'truſt haye entered imo the ears of our God and Fark

e entreat their continuance with increaſing ardour, deeply ſenſible all. |
22 inſufficiency; and tonſcious that * N Head of the Church
alone, the Lord Jeſus Chriſt himſelf, muſt put forth his own divige power,
or vain is the help of man. But if he will work, none can let itz and bis

"ALEXANDER WAU CC. 1
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Lune from J. HitLYapD, Miſtonary at rale. .

8: (GREATHEED: |

ur VERY whe ag:

xy you have received the letter I wrote from St. * 8, ni
I was preparing to · proceed to Twillingate, I don't queſtion that you, Jin
many other of my dear friends in England, will be anxious to hear how i it
is with me now.

As to my health, I have reaſon to blels the Lord, that in this reſpect de
has indeed bountifully with'me x for both during my paſſage, and
eber ner T hive been — L have found myGlf much better

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Paine the air ; which. is, fects generally allowed to be yery
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Than Jever was, in England. Perhaps this may, in part, be owing,to,

«tt

jous-: but I cannot heſp eſteeming it, to be an, inſtance of the truth of f,

> promiſes, who is faithful, and has laid, that “ As gur day is, ſo ſhall aur
mrength be. And I have farther cauſe for aalen, when 1 confider

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| Jnderde his being

Vox. VIII.

that be bas likewiſe watched over me, and preſerved me from dangers,

by ſea and land. His kindneſs t6 me, in this reſpeR, appears more

evident, when I reflect on the dangerous ſeas with which we are ſur-

roundled, and on the frequent accidents which we hear of. I believe there
| Jang. hey two ſchooners, and ſeveral boats, caſt away on our coaſts, this
ſeaſpn'; and moſt of the crews have.periſhed. One accident of this kind
proyed a means of awakening my gratitude to the Lord for my preſervation;
as it happened to a Roman Catholic Prieſt, who came with me from Har-
bour- Grace to Fogo: and what makes the circumſtance more remarkable .

is, (if What was laid at Harbour : Grace be true) that it was his jealouſy,
let my coming here ſhould be a means of bringing off ſome of his perſua-

ion, who live at Fogo, from theic ſuperſtitivns, which induced hi:a to come.

o anxious to come rou+d juſt at that time, carried the
appearance, of ſuch a defign in it. However this might be, he was yer
civil upon the . paſſage z and I was very much ſtruck to hear that he was
caſt away. upon his return. Theſe art, indeed, ſo many inſtances of the

| NN the Lord to me, in particular; and I am perſuaded that you,

a e in erecting an Ebenezer to the Lord, on account of
But I have farther reaſon to rejoice, that he bas. iven,me a favourable
reception among the F ; and that he has, I tru „opened a door far
uſefulneſs here, whic no man can ſhut. The people, in general, behave
very reſpectfully; and on the Sabbath their appearance is. very decent and

7 becoming. One of them, who is ſon of the good man of whom Mr. Jones

gave you an account, has built a ſmall place, in which we meet three times

oon the Lord's-day, when there is nothing of that levity, either in dreſs or

behaviour, which is ſo. ptevalent among profeſſors of the goſpel in many
parts of England. In ſhort, they hear with that ſeeming attention and
leriouſneſs, which you, Sir, have obſerved in tome of the villages around
you, where the goſpel has been lately introduced; ſo that I am ſometimes
almoſt ready to imagine myſelf among a company of primitive Chriſtians,
met for the worſhip of the Redeemer. I wiſh L could add, that I, as a
preacher; was. fed with the fame love and zeal for his glory, as warmed
the breaſts, and influenced the lives, of the firſt preachers of chriſtianity.
However, I hope, it is my concern, though attended with much imperfec-
tion, not to know any thing among them, ſave Jeſus Chriſt and him cru-
cified; and eee by what I can judge at preſent, chat my coming among.
them will not be altogether in vain. - _ „„
Three perſons have applied to me already, who ſeem under great concern
of ſoul ; and though I do not ſuppoſe that my preaching was made uſeful
to them, in their firſt awakening, as they ſeem to have been under this con-
cern for ſome time; yet it has been a means of affording me ſome. en-
couragement in the work, as I have conſidered it as a token that © The fieſd
is already white to the harveſt.” One of the above-mentioned perſons, is
a man with whom I have but little opportunity for converſation, as he is
generally employed on the Bays on the Main, in the week; but he wrote
me a few lies, to acquaiat me with his diſtreſs of ſoul ;, to which I wrote
an anſwer, which has I hope been uſeful, not only to him, but to others,
to whom he has lent or read it, I . a copy of both to my Father,
| ne ; „„

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8 Axt toiobs weretiicencs., ©
5 2 ive, and you ſhould with to ſee, you may have * |

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3 was accyſtomed to in England. But when of ultic
= - *dear Brethren in the South Seas may meet with, who have even ſacrificed

Wo Fellowv-creatures, I eftecm al} that 1 have felt, or can meet with, 38 hö-

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, are many young people here who are fond of reading; and T ſhould think
nothing can be greater charity than to remember as, as it is almoſt im-
' poſſible to get books of this kind by any other nieans, In the letter J re-
ceived from you before I left England, you recommended to my con-
ſideration the Indian natives, who are upon our coaſts, I have been very
{ particular in my enquiries reſpecting them; and by what I can learn, · they
| ars ſo exceedingly favage, that it is certain death to meet any of them
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without fire-arms to defend one's ſelf: but it is ſaid that the Governor in-
tends to-uſe means. for their civilization, If this ſhould be accompliſhed,
and I ſhould continue long enough in theſe parts to have. any intercourſe
with them, I hope it will be my concern to avail m. ſelf of every oppor-
tunity to do them all the good can. Our friends de ſire me to remember
them reſpectſully to you, and to thank you for remembering them. Hoping
that you will pray for-us, that the word of the * may baye free court
and be glorified, even as it is with you, I conelude myſelf your unworthy”
Brother in the goſpel of our dear Redeemer, .
Twiliingate, OR. 17th, 1799. e JOHN HILLVTARD.

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Rv. AND DEAR SIR, | OE, 8
is but a few weeks ſiuce I troubled you with a long ſcrawl. I am now
at the requeſt of my fellow · labourers in North Wales to inform you,
that at a general meeting of the North Wales congregational Miniſters,
held at Denbigh, OR. zoth and zaſt, 1799, it was unanumouſly agreed,
1. © That on account of the many new places lately — or the
— the Goſpel, and with a view to a conſiderable number of other
places where Providence ſeems to make an opening, it is our duty to unite.
in N ee for promoting the Redeemer's intereſt and the good of pre-
Cious ſouls. : | ES JOU
2, That it is adviſeable to adopt a plan of proceeding that appears
calculated to bring our joint exertions, under the ſmiles of heaven, to an-
ſwer the great end we have in vir. r e
3. That North Wales ſhall be divided into three diſtricts, the firſt |
containing Carnarvonſhire and Angleſey; the ſecond, Denbighſhire and
Flintſhire ; and the third, Merionethſhire and Montgomeryſhire. :
4. „Fhat it is neceſſary to give a greater encouragement than has hi.
therto been given to ifinerant preaching in each of the three diſtrifts.
5. “ That we ſhall propoſe to our religious friends the neceſſity of hav-
| Ing a fund raiſed ſor the ſupport of ſuch preaching. 5
6. That this fund ſhall be under the direction of a Committee, choſen
out of the fhree diſtricts. NIC | |
7. That this Committee ſhall at preſent conſiſt of Rev. B. Jones,
Pwllheli; Rev. J. Griffith, Carnarvon; Rev. D. Lloyd, Denbigh; Rev. D.
Davies, Holywell ; Rey. J. Robberts, Llanbrynmair; and G. Lewis,
Llanuwchllyn. 5 Ns 4
_ '$. That the contributions of each diſtrift ſhall be laid out to promote
itinerant 8 OS ER Hs 8 | FRE: ; - |
9. 0 1 at ey ance procured . England is to be equally di-
vided —_ the thre didricts. FFT - | » 5 20 |
40. That Mr. Thomas Jones, of Cheſter, be inted Treafurer,
and Rev. J. Griffith, ana . ah Ne 4 | f 5
11. That ſuch of the Redeemer's friends in England as are inclined,
on account of the poverty of the North Walian Churches, and from a de-
fire of having the Goſpel preached to the poor, to lend an affiſting hand,
be defired to communicate their intentions to the Treaſurer, or one of the
Miniſters above - mentioned. „iůI)nFß; 8 5
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12% That the thanks of this meeting be given to a friend ho has ge-
nerouſly Tubſcribed zol. towards carrying theſe meaſures into execution.“
With chriſtian reſpects, I remain affectionately 'your's,
Wes en S. Three general meetings will be held every year, one in euch diſ-
ttrict, and all the North Wales Mhnilters are to endeavour to attend theſe
meetings, that due attention may be paid to all that concerns the body at

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=_ THE Dorſet Miniſters held their half-yearly Aſſembly at Blandford,
Wedneſday, Oct. 9, 1799. On the preceding evening a lecture was delivered
by Rev. E. Aſhburner. On Wedneſday the ſervice commenced at 11.0'clock,
__— | Rev. Meſirs. Vickrey, Setcole, and Underwood exerciſed in prayer ; and
=_ Rev. B. Crackne}l delivered a diſcourſe from 1 Cor. i. 24, on the origin
and vanity of n rere which operate in the human mind, to r̃ejcct
- * revelation and its eſſential doctrines. i p
The evening ſervice commenced at 6 o'clock, Rev. Me ſſrs. D any and
Hopkins engaged in prayer; and the Rev. B. Howell preached from Heb.
" "av. 14 3 let.us boldfaft our profeſſion. *_ „„
* Tt affords us real ſatis faction to learn that the Dorſet Miſſſonary Society
has been ſucceſsful in its operations, and has unanimouſly agreed to ſup-
port two Miſſionaries in future. J)%% os Do MIR PS |

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WV learn that the next Meeting of the Eaſt Kent Affociation 4s to be
i held at Mr. Gru's Meeting, Sandwich, on the 8th of January, 1800.—

Meſſrs. Drew, of Folk ſtone, and Willy, of Aſhtord, to preach. 5

8

; F - ORDINA TIONS.
_ ON Wedneſday April 10, 1799, was ordained to the paſtoral charFe
of the indepengant church of Gatizy, Cheſhire, Rev. Mr. M*Pherſon. —
Mr. Wilſon, of Northwich, hegan with prayer and reading the ſeriptures.
» Mr. Smith, of Mancheſter, ſpoke on the nature of dination, aſked the
mutual queſtions, and received the confeſſion of faith. Mr. Meldrum, of
Hatherlow, prayed the ordination prayer. Mr. Anlezark, of Stockport,
gave charge from 2 Tim. iv. 5. Make full proof of thy Miniſtry.“—
And Mr. Blackburn preached to the people from Phil. i. 27. © ſtriving
together for the faith of the Goſpel.” + JFC

13

ON Wednefddav, the 16th of October laſt, Mr. William jones, late
ſtudent under the Rev. Iſaac Nicholſon, tutor at Cheſhunt College, was

. = ordained to the paſtoral office, over the independent Church at Nantwich,
in the county of Cheſter. The Rev. Job Wilſon, of Northwich, intro-

© duced the ſervice by ſolemn prayer; and afterwards read the zd chapter

of 1ſt Epiſ. of St. Paul to Timothy. Rev. J. Whitridge, of Ofreliry,

© delivered ſome introduftory remarks on the nature of a Goſpel. Church,
aſked the uſval queſtions, and received the confefflon of faith, which Mr.

| | ; Jones

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Jones 2 delivered in an humble and becoming manner. Mr. Whitridge
ed an affectionaie onlinatioh prayer, accompanied by the laying on r

'\

ue? The Rev. Jenkin Lewis, of Wrexham, gave a ſolemn charge

from the 2d verſe of the 4th-chap. of Paul's 2d Epiſ. to the Corinthians.

Tbe Rev. John Wilſon, of PDrayton, exhorted the Church, from Phihip-

ians, 1ſt chap. and part of ad verſe, to a becoming conduct towards their

| Minitter, and each other, and coneluded with prayer. In the evening
| ſervice, Mr. Brown, of Preſcot, began with prayer, and the Rev. Job

Wilſon preached from Philippians, zd chap.,zo—21 verſes ; and con-
cluded the ſervices of the day by fervently imploring the divine bleſſing.
On the foregoing occaſion, the methodiſts very liberally lent their cha-
pel, that being more cominodious than the preſent independent one.

OY | TUNBRIDGE, KENT. E EA
Ordination Service of Rev. W. PoDMORE, lately ſtudent at the Aca-
demy, Hoxton, November 6. Prayer and reading the Scriptures, by Rev.
Mr. Chapman, of Lingfield; introductory diſcourle T7 Rev. Mr. Leggett,
of Burwaſh ; ordination prayer, Rev. Mr. Ralph, of Maidſioneg charge,
Rev. Mr. Wall, of London, 2 Tim. ii. 15. ; general prayer, Rey. G.
Colliſon, Hoxton; ſermon io the people, Rev. Mr. Leggeit, Epheſ. iii.
laſt verſe; concluding prayer, Rev. Mr. Arnold, of Seven Oaks; Hymns
by Rev. Mr. Pilcher; ſermon in the evening, Rev. G. Colliſon, Ifaiah
xlii. 11. * | „ 5

5 e 2 gn . CCH APELS. | **

ON Monday, September 23d. the firſt tone of a new Chapel was laid
near the entrance of the road leading from Deptford to Greenwich, de-
ſigned for the uſe of the congregation which now worſhip at the Taber-
nacle, near the ſame ſpot. The Rev. Joel Abraham Knight gave out a
hymn and engaged in prayer; the Rev. ſobn Townſend gave an exhor-

tation and laid the ſtone. The congregation, . owing to the inclemency of

the weather, then went to the Tabernacle, where Mr. Knight again en-
gaged in prayer, and Mr. J. Townfhend preached from Gen. xxviii. 22.
And this (tone which I have ſet for a pillar ſhall be God's houſe.

7 ABBOTSBURV, DORSETSHIRE. |
+ ON November 13; 1799, was opened a {mall chapel. In the morning
Mr. Lamb, from Weymouth, preached on John, i. 46. In the afternoon

Mir. Saltren preached on Luke xxiii. 42. In the evening the Rev: Mr.

Gamble, preached on Luke ii. 25. 'Mr. Underwood, from Dorcheſ-

ter, and the County Miſſionary, engaged in prayer. There was a

crowded audience and very attentive. A reireſhing'time from the preſence
of the Lord was experienced by many. 5 e | |
Abbotſbury has been favoured with the goſpel for twelve months paſt,
chiefly by lay brethren from Weymouth, Bridport, and Dorchetter; the
good effeAs of which begin to be very viſible - bleſſẽd be God |

1 2 - \TVFBOURY. 5
On Thurſday, Nov. 14, a neat ſmall Chapel was opened for the
preaching of the Goſpel at Tutbury, in Staffordſhire,” Mr. Boden preached
in the morning from Mark xvi. 20, and in the evening from Amos v. 6.
Mr. Cheſters, in the afternoon, from Rom. xiv. 49. Thoſe who are ac-
b ee with this town, and recolle& the brutal ſports which formerly ren-
dered it a reproach and a by-word in the ſurrounding country, Will be . ar
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reiße to learn that, on this novel occaſion, and on the following Lord's-
\ "day, the auditors were numerous, and appeared, by their ſerious attention,
$6 receive the word of life with gladneſs. May this be the auſpicious
dan of à good day to ws 4 that town and neighbourhood, who have

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is, and the ſhadow of death, Amen,

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December, 1799.

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leftion at Sligo, Ireland, by Mr. Albert Bleſt 2 16
Rev, Mr. Moody and Con Seen Warwick 5 0 13
Collection at Leſlie, North Britain, on occaſion of a fermon 3
- preached there by Rev. Mr. Ballerwel}l | g SEEN
Rev. Mr, Purchaſe and Congregation, Margate CEE SD
Rev. Sam. Newton and Congregation, Witham, Eſſex 124 9
Independent Congregation aflembling in Duke's-alley, _
Bolton-le-moors, Lancaſhire, by Rev. Mr. Roby 1 3
Rev. Mr. Blake and Congregation, Pickering, Yorkſhire , 12 5

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8 trace, ü Our faith $ pure gold in praiſes 8
Thy promiſes of old; LES And love's ſweet frankincenſe.
Ttioſeearly tokens of thy grace, - | Te” AL
Which age to. age uatold. 70 5 . x | | | _—

When our firft Parents, free to chuſe, 6 Nei FOR Tue Us OF A
Were 9 2 obs ben bo * CznTuxy,
Thou ſaid'ſt the Woman's iſe

The ſabtile Serpent's head. * 24 8 EAT OO, thy loye may ven 85

Abra'm his joyfut faith confeſt — 4 feeble. 8 theme
In the Meſpah's- day, - * » {Still flowing on from age to 2
When all the natioßs mould be ned, A full r

Beneath his gentle ſway. { Thou . iP RA —
The Patriarch, tnov'd by thee, foretold, Through every —_— ſcene! a

Or ete his ſoul went home, The Summer's ſmile, the Winter's frown
That Judah ſnouldſt the ſceptre oy | Thine * goodneſs mean. 4

_ Until, the Shiloh come. Wnen W did thy "
Moſes, God's faithful ſervant, cries, | And w:uld thy ove —
My rites ſhall diſappear; Thou dioſt the — rebel .
A Prophet like to me ſhall iſe, Aud his loſt tace B * -

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And him the world ſhall hear i | when 1 0 .
David, the royal feer, declat d _ | Tb drench its filthy ſtain, 3-0
Thou would rs off ring prize, Thive ark preſerv'd the aht fear,

Bet that pure body, love Pe - To people earth again.

A Saviour's ſacrifice. When Soda nid A Mine boly hes ow

Ifaiah ſunz—the Chil4 is given, five been righteous there, :
The Prince of Prace ſhyll reign's : {The place,” ike Lot, had *feap'd the fre

Immanuel ſhall come down from en, * Abra'm' s fervent prayer, ROT

d God
Wenn {Ofc times thou mak tt bold finners know
No pomp or ſtate attends his birth, That thou art Nature's God ;

From Bethlem's town obſcure, - Earth heaves, and burſts from _ be-
Shall come the Lord pf Heav'n and Earth, low, * f 5

To raiſe the humble poor. And crembles at thy rod.

Yet Angels uſher in the morn, _ | The raging wind, he daſhing wy

And the glad tidings bring, Or noiſeme peftilence, |
Fear not, to you this day is born \Proclaing the near to link or ſave

A Savioyr—Chrift the King. [ In mighty Providence. |

Glory to God on high aſrends, ad ne the tokens of thy pow'e
And peace to earth comes . ; That ev'ty year diſplays;

Good will to all mankind extends, But greater bleſſings every houg
While ſeſus wears the.ccown. Provoke our grateful praiſe.

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M THOMAS BURGESS, the fubje of this me-
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uary, 17 4 8 pA rents were in Re circumſtances, |
and gave him a plain education ; but having acceſs to the
library of a nobleman in the village . houſe bis mo-
ther had the care of duting the al. NET the family, and
being naturally bleſſed Wh Ka Fg. retentive
memory, he acquired these
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there ; but he was l fa olted in his wiſhes.

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and ſoon after called to partake of the delightful bleſſings

2s inſtances of his excellent memory, he frequently On
before his death, many yerſes he had read at t © early period, as w
as parts of ſermons he had heard when quite a boy.

| + A providential circum$ance occurred in this place, and ſhall be here
mentioned, to ſhew that the divine protect ion is py the people of God,

even in their natural ſtate:— One of the family had left a book on the table
at bed-time, which he, very inconſiderately, 4 a late hour took tip to read,
and falling faſt aſleep, the book caught fire, and 'was totally conſumed, fs
that no traces of it could be ſeen, _ the print of its ys on che table
where it had fell in flames.

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46 LIFE OF MR. THOMAS BURGESS. / |
of the Goſpel of Peace. He was moral in his deportment, ll
and what religious views he had were entirely phariſaical, IM
regularly attending his pariſh. church, St. George's, Hano-
ver- ſquare. Here the Lord graciouſly awakened: him, under
the miniſtry of the Rev, Mr. Romaine, though it was ſeve-
ral years before he enjoyed the comforts of the goſpel pro-
mies. At e IO Pans SON was happily afforded to
his burdened ſoul, by a believing view in the efficacy of
the Redeemer's blood, ſuggeſted to his mind by a confider-
| ation of that precious ſcripture, ** The blood of Jeſus Chriſt
his Son cleanſeth us from all ſin? - Whilſt under ſpiritual
- diſtreſs he wrote to his favourite Preacher; then Curate of
S $t. Olave's, Southwark; and after much hefitation, and
» with great diffidence, ventured to wait upon him; he re-
- -_ ceived him very cordially, miniſtering thoſe divine eycou-
ragements, which were the: delightful and peculiar theme
of his preaching ; and from this time a friendly intercourſe
ubſiſted between them, till that eminent fervant of Chriſt
was removed to his everlaſting rſft.

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When the Lock Hoſpital was inſtituted, and the Rev. Mr.
- _ Madan appointed Chaplain, Mr. Burgeſs offered his ſervice
as clerk, which office he filled for ſeven years without fee
or ſalary, and continued, occaſionally; to perform the duty,
till a few weeks before his deceaſe, This ſituation brought
him acquainted with moſt of the popular preachers of that
day, and alſo many great characters in the religious world
among the laity, particularly the late benevolent John
Thornton, Eſq. who employed him as his almoner, con-
. ceiving him peculiarly qualified to ſpeak a word in ſeaſon
to thoſe diſtreſſed objects he was commiſſioned. to relieve:
And ſuch was his confidence in MF; B's integrity, that he

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generally ſeft the meaſure of reliefts his diſcretion. __
Upwards of, thirty years ago he became acquainted with
a Gentlemen at Sutton, ig Surrey, who, knowing his ex-
. cellent. qualities, and being defirous his - domeſtics and
_ neighbours ſhould be inſtructed; in the beſt things, re-
- Quefted Mr. B. to come and expound the ſcriptures in his
Houſe, which he did once a fortnight, with conſiderable
acceptance, ſo long as the gentleman remained in that
part of the country. This, fo far as is now known, was
the beginning of his exercifing thoſe miniſterial gifts with
which the Lord had graciouſly endowed him, and which
were afterwards extended to a much larger circle.
Mr. B. was intimate with a gentleman at - Windſor (one
- of the poor knights) whom he occaſionally viſtted, but
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without any religious exerciſes beyond! his friend's family: -
And in one of theſe viſits, about the year 1780, his friend
informed him of the following femarkable circumſtance; _
which was the mean, under God, of raifing a religious ſo-
ciety, and eventually eſtabliſhing the Goſpel in that town.
This pious Gentleman, one day walking on the Terrace,
caſually ſpoke to one of the ſentinels on duty, and ob-
ſerving a ſtrain of piety in the expreſſions of the ſoldier,
very unuſual in that claſs of men, he was induced to en-
quite more particularly concerning his views and experience
of religion; when he found him a godly man, and was fur-
ther informed, that ſeveral more in tlie corps, then on that
ſtation, were awakened perſons, and that they aſſembled
in one of their rooms for ſpiritual exerciſes. This Gen-
tleman attended one of their meetings, and was highly gra-
tified with the piety, doctrine, and eminent gifts of his
new acquaintance, who was the preacher. to this little
flock ; and did not heſitate to join, and in fome meaſure
patronize this ſmall ſociety. He alſo introduced them to
Mr. Burgeſs, who was ſo pleaſed with their company, that
he became their friend, by procuring relief for their tem-
poral neceſhties (which were yery.prefling) and continued
his exertions on their behalf till they were ſent abroad.
which happened a ſhort time after, where it is ſuppoſed
they died, as they have not been heard of for ſome years.* xk
Theſe pious men had gathered a ſmall company toge-
ther, chiefly poor people, who attended with them for
mutual edification. Theſe were deeply concerned at their
removal, not having otherwiſe any public means of grace,

A ſmall bundle of letters from theſe good ſoldiers was found among
Mr. B.*s papers; an extract from one of which is here ſubjoined, to give
the reader a taſte of their religious ſpirit.—It was written in the name of
all, a ſhort time before their embarkation. 7 ©. _
| 8 South Sea Camp, OR. 25th, 1781.
I * FEES TE
WE deſire to be abundantly thankful that we have the privikge of
, writing to ſuch a friend in all reſpects, as it appears not only in word but
in deed, which is always the beſt evidence of friendſhip. is we ex-
perienced when preſent, and mueh more ſo being abſent; therefore we may
ſay with propriety that we have few ſuch friends te confide in; and, indeed,
this may put us in mind of the great debt we all owe to our Divine Re-
deemer, who is the firſt cauſe and laſt effect of all Chriſtian friendſhip,
Oh! that we could but be thankful for, and walk worthy of ſuch unli-
mited and unmerited favours as we are daily indulged with from his hands !
We may warrantably ſay that dur mercies are more than our moments,
and if we ſhall get to heavem at laſt, then we ſhall have reaſon, at leaſt in
our comprehenſions, to fay—Behold a wonder in heaven! | |
| | | and

125 3 from the ſmallneſs of their number, .
were unable ti POOLE. aſſiſtance fr 08:.07; elle-

where; when . offered his 4 gratis once a

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lier or Mn; TROMAS, BYRGES3.

| _\fortnight on a 27 day, until their, numbers increaſin

be was induced to vifit them on Sundays, which he conti-
__nued a Jong time without any Expence to them, except
maintenance, during his ſhort ſtay, which was
1 more than one night. He continued to preach to
them alternately with other miniſters, which he generally
e ſo long as he was capable of any public labour.
Fur: journey thither was in july, though not with an in-
preach, being then very\unwell,. but could not re-
frain ſpeaking a few. words, and gave out the following
t that time, was ee to 5

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beyond ee, „
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c& © Sweet to look inward,/and attend '
The whiſpers of his love; Ir
« Sweet to look upward: to the place
Where Jeſus pleads above.

guet to look back, and hem vom.

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4 Sweet to look forward, and behold \ : 7 0
225 or Eternal joys my owns. 9 78 3
Sweet to reflect how grace divine 25 |
% My ſins on Jeſus lac; *
i Sweet to remember that hjs blood =
My debt of ſuf ring

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Which faves from wa 17 cath z
Sweet to experiencd day by day 5
His Spirit's quick Ring brea en.
e Sweet in the confidence of faith, 5
To truſt his firm decrees ; 8
«+ Sweet to lie paſſive in his hands
Aud know no will but His“ *

lie labeurs, however, were not confined to this peop le,
for he occaſionally preached in many places i in the vicinity
of London, and was ready to aſſiſt any miniſter in town or

country, who from illneſs or abſence wanted help; fo that

many pulpits, were open to him, which he filled as oppor-

tunity

the auditors. .
His great exertions 1 in evvllin to N and relioving

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to ſpare himſelf, notwithſtanding his ee, and the un
uſual ſeverity of the ſeaſon, it is fuppoked gave a ſhock to his
mortal frame, though its effects were but gradual. till about -
| the month of June: then it wavevident to ali bis friends that
nature was breaking up, and his great ſtrength and retenti
memory were eſſentially impaned. Through the whole of
July he was in great pain in one of his legs, which deprived 3
him of his natural reſt; and frequently prevented him from -
expreſſing himſelf on any ſubject with accuracy, In the Ge
miqdſt of this bodily affliction, however, he declared his con- |
fidence'in a covenant God, ſaying, He had lived in the
faith of Chriſt, and had no:doubt but he ſhould die in it.
And one night in his greateſt extremity, repeated a con-
ſiderable part of the bodk of Job; ſhewing, that though his
faculties failed as to preſent things, yet thoſe things which
his mind had formerly dwelt. pos with pleaſure, with re-
ſpe to divine realities, wexe ſtill etainęd and afforded ſup- _
port and conſolation in the time of ner.
In the two following months he was ſome what relieved as
to bodily health and eafe, but his mental powers rapidly de-
cayed. At intervals, however, he was golſected, and then |
- _ expreſſed the ſtability of his hope, and felt himſelf quite
happy; repeating detached: verſes of 'hymais, which he
would ſometimes alter with peculiar appropriativn, - particu» _
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Be Pla . Thro ay Redeemet's namqm̃jq © -,-
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A few days previous to his laſt confinement, on tlie 7tli
October, he leaned up in his bed and prayed with ſome of
huis friends with great propriety, as to his own tate; feelings,
and aſſured expectations of a bliſsful im mortality; and with.
an earneſtneſs which clearly evinced the iaffeftions of his
mind in that trying ſeaſon. —A ſhort time before his death,
being reminded of a paſſage in the 14th. of john: read to him
a day or two-before, reſpecting the manhons' prepared by
the adorable Saviour for his people, ſaid, he remembered
d it, and believed he had a houſe prepared for him above“ ö
But after this, viz. on lith October, he was greatly di.
treſſed, but was ſo. little collected that his particular ahxiet r,
or the cauſe of it, could not be diſcovered; only repeatedly
laid he wanted comfort, and requeſted his ſon-in-law to pray.
for him ſeveral times in a very thort ſpace.— The next day
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de of the leaſt of theſe = dre PR have done it unto

Before ttie cloſe af this memoir, we inſert the:follenring
— reamble to a Will, dated in 1789, when he was upwards of
EIS 2 years old, from which the reader may form a judg-

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% I, willingly render up and com mend my ſpirit into the
4 Hands of my Lord God and Grea eator; Which he of bis
4 fatherly goodneſs gave unto me When he fixſt faſhioned
eme, and made me a liing and reaſonable creature, no-

4 thing doubting, but that for his infinite mercies ſet forth —
in the precious blood of his dearly beloved Son ſeſus
« Chriſt, our only Saviour and Redeemer, he will receive _
« my ſoul into his glory, to dwell for ever with the Lord.
« As for my body I refign it to the duſt from whence it was
taken, {to be buried in a plain decent manner in the yard
2 of Tottenham-Court Chapel): in full affurance at the
great day of the general reſurrection, when we ſhall al!
appear before the judgment ſeat of Chriſt, I ſhall receive .-. *
the ſame again, by the mighty power of God, whereby
*he is able to ſubdue all things to himſelf, not a corrup-
n tible, mortal, weak, and vile body as it now is; but an in-
« corruptible, immortal; and perfect body, like unto the _
* glorious. body of my Lord and e aging ..
« caſe an hym or two ſhould be ſung at the grave; requeſt *
„they may be, Why do we mourn” departing friends *-
„% NC and In this world bf fin-and/forrow, /&c:!*' And
„if my dear and honoured friend, che Rev. Mt; Romaine, 7
be then living (as be was the firſt miniſter Lever heard to
profit) ſhould eſteem it a particular favout, if, on the oo
caſion, as ſoon after my interment as may be, he would
«0 pron a ſermon from theſe words, The Blood of Je-
ius Chriſt his Son cleanſeth us from all ſin.“ 1 John,
„ Chap. i. ver. 7. tatter part; they being the fiſt by wien
comfort was adminiſtered to my ſoul, after ſeveral years
« bitter. and painful bondage. I deſire that no panegyrie
„may be paid me, a poor, weak, unworthy, and' finful
_ * creature, ſaved by free, rich, and ſovereign grace; but
* with a view that it may, by the divine bleſſing, be made
profitable to ſurviving friends, and poor ſinners in gene
* ral, and particularly to the ſurviving part of my family; - -
that they, through the ſame rich grace, may be made
a part of the happy family of him, in whom the whole _
family in heaven and earth is named; which ſermon T ©
could wiſh to be preached at the Lock Chapel, and the
two following hymns ſung, viz. * And let this : feeble
body fail, &c. and How happy the ſorrowful man, &e.
the latter to the tune of Diſmion. But in caſe Mr. Ro.
maine ſhould not be then living, or out of town, I hape
Mr. de Coetlogon will undertake that kind office bh
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tion on the vecafion, The Rev. Mr. De Coetlagon preached
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cCeularty of their unbelief; legality, and original ſin, more
fully ſet before them; they ought to be urged to an imme-
diate. reception of Jeſus Chtiſt, in the declarations, promiſes,

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_ tinted unbelief of his offers, would be a moſt horrid, blaſ-

fectionate manner, calls the greateſt finners to come to

_ finful main z that all the bleffings of redemption: are be-
ſtowed of men in the moſt free and gracious manner ;**-

from him, that he regards; that the faith by which they
Ettibrace the promiſes is introduced into their heart by the.

have to do in believing, is infinitely merciful, and hat!
- often manifeſted it, in bl ready ein of the chief of
8 finners Tf that while their continued unbelief will render
their condition inexpreflibly more miſerable through eter.
15 „ ons even the weakeſt act of cordial believing in Chrift,
will render them inexpreſſibly happy ;tt that it is not as
to Chrift as a Saviour, by the Goſpel ;$$ that none but un-
: N ſinners have ever come to him, or been warranted
to do ſo I that the more unworthy and ſinful they are, the
more may the infinite merit and grace of Chriſt he glorified

and not of Satan, doth not deter, but excite men to an ear-

2 Cor. v. 20.—Rev. iii. 17, 18, 20. || Luke viii. 47, 48.— Math. xii. a0.
Cf. Iv. 1, /. — Jo. vii. 37. — Rev. xxii. 17. [a. Iv. 1.—Ezek.

xxii. 17. +Þ Ex. Xxxiv. 6—7.—Hoſ. xi. 8.— Mic. vii. 18.—I Sa. lv.
7, 8, and xxx. 18.— Jer. iii. 4, 5. xii. 14. XXii, 19.—Ezek. xxxili. 11.

Matth. ix. 13. l Math. xviii. 11. J Luke xviii, 14, and xiy. 22.
IO, i, 22—2 3. -Rem. v. 20-21, Math. xv. 27. !

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I and infinitely. encourageth.“ Im _ -
rging them to this, you muſt earneſtly repreſent to them,
that God being infinitely merciful and faithful, their con-

phemous, and dangerous affrunting of him; that Jeſus will /
. - caſt out none who come to him z that he, in the moſt af. _

him; that he graciouſly. receives ſuch as come to him in

the moſt affrighted manner ;{| that the Goſpel invitations. |
being indefinite, belong as much to them as to any other

worthy. but as finners that men ate invited, or have acceſs

in their ſalvation ;þ that all.ſenſe of fin which is of God,

neſt receiving of Chriſt ;*** that no degree of humiliation +
for fin is preſcribed by God as the condition of men's war-
1 Jo. iii, 23.—J0. iii, 14, 17: Ik, xlii. 673 and lv. 2, 3.

Þ+ 1 Jo. v. 10.— Jo. xvi. 9.—Heb. ii. 3. 1 Jo. vi. 37.— Hake vii. 39— 50,
and xv. 2.—Iſa. Ixv. 1. Ia. i. 18, and xlvi. 1 xl. 28.—

XxkVi. 32. Hol. xiv. 4. — Rom. iii. 24.—Eph. i. 7, and ii. 78. - Rer.

e xxxiii.— Acds ii. and ix. — Jo. iv. ff Heb. ii. 3.— Jo. vi. 40. —

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ab every Goſpel beater: has 'a right to the promiſes” by _
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op "HE af poſtle Paul, in his addreſs. to the Chriſtian © on-
mY Re Vet at Coloſſe, ch. iii. 4, 3. reminds them of their
bappy. ſtate and condition ; declaring that they were riſen ©
with Chriſt ; that their life was Hid with Chriſt i God,
and that when Chriſt, who was their life, ſhould appear,
i then ſhould they alſo appear with him in glory. this
_ Sound he exhorts them, 8 to their high character
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'. _ abvye;\ and to mortify their earthly members, the 5 +l
85 propenfities of rot carnal nature; ſuch as fornication, un-
cleanneſs, inordinate affection, evil concupiſcence, and co-
_ vetoulſneſs, which is idolatry. The lene branch of this
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1 5 many profefling Chriſtians, who eſcape the groſſer evils here
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covet earneſtly” the beſt gifts. The deſire of ſpiritual
bpleſſings may and ought to be indulged without limits. But
coxetouſneſs, in ſoripture, is generally-uſed in a bad fene.
and ſignifies the ĩnordinate ſove of money. In deffning the
nature of this ſin it is neceflary to make fome' diſtinftions.
Covetouſneſs is to be diſtinguiſhed from the ſimple der r
of money, or of World enjoy ments. We may defire theſe
in a moderate degree, and in certain caſes, without bein
charged with this crime. It was not a ſpirit of coveto 8
that dictated Agur's prayer, „Give me neither poverty nor
_ - riches, feed me with food convenient ſor me Our Lord _
_ teaches us to pray that God would ff GV us day by day
our daily bread.” It is not then the deſire, but the anxious
and immoderate deſire of money that conſtitutes covet-
ouſueſs. A perſon may deſire money either for ſupplying
his neceſſities; or for benevolent purpoſes; or for its π
ſake. Fhe firſt is lawful; - the ſecond is commendable z—
the third is criminal, and properly characterizes the covet-
Covetouſneſs is to be diſtinguiſhed from rugality. Many
indulge the former, under the ſpecious pretext of the latter. q
Judas did ſo, when Mary anointed the feet of Chriſt with - -
coſtly ointment. + Wherefore, ſays he, is this -waſte? -

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and given to the poor? This, he ſaid, not that he cared for
the poor; but becauſe he was a thief, and had the bag, and
bare what was put therein However, though the diſtincfs-
tion be abuſed, we muſt not diſcard it. Frugality conſiſts in
avoiding unneceſſary expences of ee and in taking
care that nothing which may be uſeful to ourſelves, or to |
others, be thrown away. This diſpofition is commendable.
Our Lord commands his diſciples to “ Gather up the frag-
ments that remain, that nothing be loft.” But this chriſtian
frugality differs widely from covetouſneſs, as it diſpoſes a
perſon to act with ceconomy; not from the love of filt ß
luere, but from a regard to propriety; from a principle: of
duty; and in order that he may be enabled to communicate
more liberally when neceſſity pleadlsss.
Covetouſneſs is to be: diſtinguiſhed from n:ggardline/s.
Some perſons ſuppoſe they can ſcarcely be called covetous,
except they are ſo exceedingly cloſe- fiſted as to be hardly
uaded to part with a farthing for any purpoſe. This is
like the evaſion of thoſe who, when charged with intoxica-
tion, deny that they were drunk, becauſe they were not dead
drunk. But, ſurely, we may be ven CHO CO
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| witho a bling like the ni 4; ſink into the depths of this |
| fin. < It is remarkable,” lays: oy Fr Venn, that the covet-

_ auſneſs (againſt which we are ſo | wurned in God's

word, — the /candalas kind; but ſuch. as may .

_ the heart of a man who is eſteemed very virtudus

- the grorld. In the tenth pſaltn He covptous, whom

me Lord is there faid to abſtur, ate the very grſons of whom

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M4 1 "|, oh wicked /prat well; which could never be the caſe, dies
meir love of money mike them either villainous in their

practice, or miſerably penurious in their temper; for men

0 oy of this ſtamp none commend.“ Our :Lord-exemplities the =

: . workings of that avarice Which he condemns, and ot th
which+ he (cautions his (diſciples, in che character of the
Worldling.* The man grows rich in his buſineſs, 'not.

Weough Fraud and extortion; but by the bleffing of God u

his labour and ſkill. As is uſual, he is highly delighted
: with his ſucceſs; he exults in the proſpect of being maſter,
in a fem years, of an independent: fortune. In the mean
_ time he is determined to be frugal and diligent, till he take
his final leave of buſineſs, to enjoy all: the ſweets of caſe

1 and ſplendor. — Now, wee = the wat nor governed by

the common maxims and human nature, who
ſee any thing the leaſt to — 4 in this man's ſentiment or

_ . conduft? Who do not applaul and imitate it themſelves?

Vet chis very man ined ſets before our eyes, as the pic.
ture of one ongroſſed by a covetous deſire of the things *
tcthis world. Phis very man he repreſents as ſummoned, in
the midſt of all his golden ho — to appear a moſt. uilty
driminal at the bar of his deſpited Maker. Lo this {8 the-
man whom our Lord expoſes, as a miſerable wreteh, 0 all 5
others to take warning by and reſiſt covetouſneſs.” + - |
Perhaps we may learn more of the nature of this fo,
bs od likewiſe diſcern whether and how far we are under its
influence, by conſidering its evidences and effects. Covet-
ouſneſs appears in various forms. We may be ſaid to be
under its influence in a greater or leſs degree, when we art
perplexed with anxious defires either of ineneaſing or re-
ſerving our worldly poſſeſſions. We are captivated hy this
fvful diſpoſition when a concern for our own convenience
renders us inattentive to the ories of the needy, and to the
intereſt of Chriſt in the e when we do not proportion
our liberality to our ability; or when we gontribute with
reluctance. We are under the influence of an evil covet-

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us to neglect W God; to rob him of that pro-
portion of time which he demands for this purpoſe; or to , -
eſteem it a wearineſs while profeſſedly engaged therein;
ſaying in our hearts, When will the new moon be gone,
that we. may ſell corn! and the Sabbath, that we may ſet
forth wheat? * In ſhort, when we are not content with
the ſituation in which Providence has placed us, we are
Wa more or leſs, to this fin. This is evidently implied
n the apoſtolic exhortation, Let your: converſation. be
without covetouſneſs: and be content with ſuch things as
ye haye? rf 2 1 OBE 5

This ſin, however it may be excuſed among men, is
branded, in the ſcriptures, with the moſt opprobrious terms.
God calls iti4o/atry; and the name is anſwerable to its nature:

An idol is any thing whatever that we put in the place of God.
There are many deſcriptions of idols beſide graven images,
ſaints, angels, &c. The gluttonous man makes an idol of
his, belly; becauſe he devotes himſelf to the gratification of

his ſenſual appetites. So covetouſneſs is termed idolatry, -
becauſe it difpoſes a perſon to put money in the place of

_ God, and to pay it that reſpe& which is due to God alone:
For example: God is the only proper and excluſive ground
of our dependance. His perfections, his promiſes, and his
providence, are revealed as ſo many encouragements to con-
hde in him as ſuch. But the covetous man truſts more in
his 1 and his proſpects than in God. He ſays of
gold, thou art my hope; and of tine gold, thou art my con-
fidence.“ If he has much in hand, or in view, he ſays,
Soul, take thine eaſe:“ If little, his hope ſinks; and he

becomes the prey of deſpondency. God is the proper ob-

ject of our ſupreme a fection. But the covetous man loves
his money more than God: and his heart exclaims, «Whom
have I in heaven but thee, and there is none on earth I de-
firg beſides thee!” He counts all things but loſs for the |
excellency of adding to his worldly ſtore. Perhaps he may
not confeſs this, but the general bent of his meditations, his
deſires, and his purſuits, declares it. He is more gratified
by the increaſe of his money than by the enjoyment of
God; and is much more ſenſibly affected by the loſs of the
former than of the latter. God juſtly requires that we

| ſhould devote ourſelves, our bodies, ſouls, time, and talents; +

Am. viii. 5,—Ezek; xxxiii, 30, 31. + Heb: xiii. 3. 4 Phil.
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votes all theſe principally-to the acquiſition of riches. God
demands that we ſhould /acrifice every thing to the enjoy-
mint of his favour, and advancement of his glory. This
uacriſice the covetous man makes to his golden idol. He
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| this idolatrous principle. The character they ſuſtain; |the
» © eviiof the fin itſelf; and the expreſs command of God;
are ſo many loud calls to this duty. Its n al of
| - -. * deſtroyed in them, though the propenſity is not eradicated:
and, being renewed in heart, they cannot but deteſt the

leaſt inclination to it; they cannot but wiſh to mortify ſuch

an antichriſtian temper. If this is our deſire, let us fre-
quently and ſeriouſly meditate on the vanity. of worldly
riches. Wilt thou ſet thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themſelves wings, they fly away”

Let us conſider the evil of covetouſneſs] how diſhonour-
able it is to God: Is it not ſhameful to prefer a litfle gold
to the infinite excellencies of Jehoyah ? What aſtonithin |

: > Patience it is that God ſhould bear to have ſuch a rival
-How dreadful are its conſequences! They that will

be rich, fall into temptation and a ſnare, and into many
fooliſh and hurtful luſts, which drown. men in deſtruction
and perdition : For the love of money is the root of all

| _- __evih, which, while ſome coveted after, they have erred
from the faith, and piereed themſelves through with many
- ſorrows.” - How often does this baneful principle lead to

fraud, to oppreſſion, to murder ! It was covetouſneſs which

Jed Judas to betray his Maſter! Covetouſneſs makes our
poſſeſſions a curle to us on earth, and expoſes our ſouls to
the curſe of God beyond the grave. The covetous man, has

reaſon both to be alarmed at his ſtate, and aſhamed of his
company: For this ye know,” fays Paul, „that no
whoremonger, nor unclean pred nor covetous man who

x is an idolater, hath any inheritance -in the kingdom of
Chriſt and of God, Let no man deceive you with vain
words; for becauſe of thefe things cometh the wrath ne

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God on the children of diſobedience.” As a further mean
of enabling us to mortify this idolatrous principle, let us
reflect on the value and importance of ſpiritual bleſſings.—
Let us recolle& the care of divine Providence; with reſpet
to helievers in Chriſt. Our heavenly Father knows we have
need of theſe things. He feeds the ravens; he clothes the
lilies ; and ſhall he not much more feed and clothe his.
children? Let us contemplate the example of Chriſt; did
he covet worldly greatneſs? Did he not uniformly diſplay,
in his temper and conduct, an holy indifferent to every
earthly enjoyment? Has he not recommended it to his
followers ? And ſhould we not aſpire to be like him? If
we poſſeſs this holy ambition, let us 1 look to, and
depend on the Spirit of promiſe. His divine influences
alone can ſubdue this covetous diſpoſition, and conform us
to the Saviour. Depending on him, in the uſe of the means
he has appointed, we have reaſon to believe he will make
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TT HE greatneſs, the majeſty, and the goodneſs of God,
- our relation tu him as the work of his hands, and tile
ſubje&s of his government, require that we ſhould think and LE
ſpeak of him with reverence and godly fear. His name is
therefore taken in vain, when it is uſed lightly or irreve-
rently, or when men daringly and impiouſly imprecate his
vengeance on themſelves or others. Every unregenerate > ' |
man is a hater of God. The carnal mind is enmity againſt — _}
him; but many who ſecretly hate_him conceal their en-
mity under a cloak of profeſſed friendſhip. * [Theſe cannot
be known to men to be what they are. But thoſe who take
his name In vain, openly and loudly proclaims. their! enmity
againſt him. Thine enemies take thy name in' vain.”
Pf. cxxxix. 20. Dreadful character, to be an enemy to
God! If any perſon of this character ſhould accidentally” |
light on this paper, and give ita reading, he is earneſt 4
deſired to conſider ſeriouſly the. diſhonour he does to God,
and the dęſtruction he is bringing upon himſelf, if he perfiſt
in his treſpaſſes. Haſt thou not heard, dh, thou-profaner
of the name of God, that he hath ſaid, . He will not hold
thee guiltleſs.“ More is underſtood than is expteſſed. = I

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-quity, and the aggravations that attend it. Thou commit-

._ "teſt it knowingly and preſumptuouſly, Thou canſt not ſay
that there is either profit or pleaſure in it to tempt thee to
the commiſſion of it. It proceeds entirely from the en-
mmity of thy heart againſt God. And why doſt thou hate
' "him? Has he ever done thee any injury? On the con-
' _ "traryy has he not always been doing thee good ? Thy breath
Is in his hand; thou canſt not ſpeak a word nor move a

eſerve thee in life. He gives thee thy
Heal! and thy raiment, and, what is infinitely.
more valuable than all that this world can afford, he gives
thee in the word of his goſpel the bread of life, his Son
Jieſus Chriſt, He has ſent him into the world to fave ſinners,
to fave finners ſuch as thou art, and. yet after all this, thou
.* Hateſt him. Thou exclaimeſt againſt ingratitude. In doin

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. If he turn not, he will whet his ſword, he hath

bent his bow, and made it ready.
for him the inſtruments of death.”

He hath alſo prepared

for Thou knoweſt not,
therefore, but the next profane word thou uttereſt may be
N thy laſt. Flee inſtantly, and witliout delay, to Jeſus Chriſt
the Saviour; thou haſt as free acceſs to him as the man-
15 layer of old had to the city of refuge. Pray earneſtly to
God that thy ſins may be forgiven thee, and that his love
manifeſted in Chriſt Jeſus may lead thee, to repentance, and
in thee to Every. good word and work, and to follow.

\ Holineſs in all manner of converſation.

—— —

o DISINTERESTED. KINDNESS. |

H Goſpel enjoins—*< As we have opportunity, let us
do good unto all”—cultivate a ſpirit of beneyolenee,
and embrace every opportunity for the exerciſe of it. But,“
it is added, ** eſpecially to them who are of the houſehold of
faith: theſe, it is evident, have a more peculiar claim to

our regard.
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fpirit of diſintereſted tindneſi in all we do, which beſt be-
comes the chriſtian characcert. i
Ide want of this ſpirit of kindneſs in many who profeſs
to loye Jeſss, and to be influenced by his grace, is. too evi-
dent; and cannot be witneſſed by a gracious perſon without
concern and grief. Obſerve the nature of this evil: a man
who profeſſes to be a chriſtian, to know the conſtraining
love of Chriſt, and to act for his ſake and to his glory, is all
the time under the government of pride and ſelfiſhneſs, and
aims at no higher end than perſonal advantage! Such may
profeſs that their treaſure and their hearts are in heaven
nd that they ſeek their reward only from God; but unleſs
hey are rewarded, ſome way or other, from the perſon whom
they conceive to be obliged by them, they are greatly hurt
and diſappointed; they begin to withhold their favours, and
exclaim againſt the ſin of ingratitude. I wiſh not to apologize
for ingratitude: it is not capable of an apology : but why
ſhould. the real or apparent ingratitude of one who has been
obliged by me contract my exertions for God ?—Suppole the
object of my kindnefs has not behaved towards me as he
ought, do I not profeſs to have a higher end in view than
ſelf-intereſt? And is not the /ove of Chriſt the motive from
which ] profeſs to act? Certainly, as a chriſtian, it is. But
how many are there, who, not having received thoſe ac-
knowledgments which they expected, have almoſt laid aſide
the practice of doing good; at leaſt they do it with ſuchk
caution and reſerve as evidence that diſintereſted kindneſs
has but little place in their breaſts. They will, perhaps, ſhew
you common civility while you appear to require no fa-
your of them; but when once they ſuſpect this, their looks
and behaviour ſufficiently indicate that they wiſh you out of
their preſence. Their 72el:ngs, perhaps, have been hurt by
the ingratitude of another: but ought we not to ſacritice our
feelings (I had almoſt ſaid our pride) to the exerciſe of be-
nevolence and kindneſs? Are there no conſiderations that
will draw us to our duty independent of the worthineſs of
creatures? 1 „ -
And now, reader, what ſhall we ſay of ſuch characters?
Their profeſſion may be fair and conſpicuous in the church,
and we would not pronounce them devoid of real chriſ-
tianity; yet ſurely there is an important defect in their
| chriſtian temper, and ſomething which calls for deep hu-

miliation. | „„ np

Let us ſeriouſly enquire—is ſuch a perſon a content cha-
rater ?—Surely not, for while he profeſſes to have 2
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Leire Oh jeſus the Lord,” and to be devoted 15 tity
iſe, ſhould we not expect hitn to look higher than crea-
8 es in the motives and ends of his actions? Phe love o of 8
A, to whom he is indebted for all Ye has, Whether in
| nor in proſpect, ſurely ought to conftrain him, and
nor the groveling, fetiſh views which actuate a carnal world.
be eur of Chrift, and even the diſtant probability of
going ſomething to promote his cauſe in the world, or the
comfort of his weakeft follower, ought ſurely to be more
erful incentives, and promiſe ſuperior p. eafure to the
| warmeſt eſteem and adulation of mortals. The chriſtian,
vhoſe temper and conduct are conſiſtent with his creed, will
Ay Though my © good de evil ſpoken of ”—=though
men reward me '* curſing for bleſſing —to do all the good
I can is my duty ſtill: it was not the approbation of men
_ | that I fought, therefore, through grace, I will go forward,
* abounding in the work of the Lord, Knowing that my la
bour is not in vain in the Lord.“
| Again, does ſuch a perſon underftand and ep evan-
1 Epe precepts ? Theſe inculeate, “ Do good, anc lend,
ET: or expecting nothing :?—*< love your enemies :.
| nod to all men even to thoſe: who © hate you,” &.
do If the hand of beneficence is to be ftretched out to
#eſe, it cannot be from any worth in the object, or from
any ſelfiſh hope of reward ; for what can a man expect from
his worſt enemy? it muſt be ſomething higher, viz. a re-
gard to the authority of Chrift reſulting from the 8 ;
of his grace.
1 And what our bleſſed Lord taught he gloriouſly erempli-
Fed. It needs no proof, that in all he did and endured for
| Fnners, he was not influenced by hopes of grateful acknow-
tedgments from them; if he were, ſurely he was moſt
grte voufly diſappointed, for how amazing the contraſt be-
tween. his kindneſs and the.returns he received for it! Vet
bo ſteady and perſevering his love! What difintereſted
- benevolence! This actuated him conſtantly to go about
doing good ; and moved him at length to die the moſt ig-
noininious death for the moſt ungrateful and implacable
enemies ! Now it is plain that the love of Chriſt to us is
propoſed in the goſpel, as the rule as well as motive of our
love to each other: and though we can never equal it in
degree, we ought certainly to emulate it to the utmoſt in
our power, for this plain reaſon—. Chriſt hath left us an
example, that we ſhould follow his ſteps.” “
It is s worthy of * added—T he path of duty is the wy
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path of peace. He whioſe ſpirit and conduct are moſt eon

ſiſtent with the precepts an example of Chriſt will be the
moſt happy man. Whoean express to what trouble and

vexation that perſon expoſes: himſelf, whoſe conſeience
binds him to do ſomething for others, but who is in con-
| ſtant doubt concerning the worthineſs of the object, or his
ability, to make an adequate return? Such an one betrays a,

mind greatly; diſeaſed with covetouſneſs, jealouſy, and di-.

content; and where theſe prevail, I am, lure peace does not
reſide,” Beſides, in our judgment of others, da we not
daily detect ourſelves in miſtakes, and frequently change
our opinion concerning the fame, perſon ? If ſo, may we
not do good where it was not deſerved, and withhold it
where it was, and thus regret our conduct as often as we
act? But to he conſtrained by the /ove of Crit, and by the-
principles and proſpects of the goſpel, is eaſy and pleaſant
indeed; tormenting paſſions and prejudices ſubſide, and the
peace of God” rules and reigns within.
Reader, is this your experience? Perhaps not. O then
look well to your ownlſelf, leſt after all your knowledge and

| creature in Chri/t Jeſus:!- : ET 1 2 {47 * IE25:þ 4 7 JL 37
But is it in any, meaſure your experience? Be thankful

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F all the virtues which united in the character of Guſ-
tavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, that which crowned

the whole was his exemplary piety. The following is re-
lated of him, when .he was once in his camp before Wer-
ben: He had been alone in the cabinet of his 3
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85 he, who. being to render an account of his actions to none

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FVioſent death to-morrow? To this the replied, © To day

5 vourite ol his: Having ſome important matter to tell him,
... eatne ſoftly to the door, and looking i beheld the king
very devoutly on his knees at prayer. Fearing to moleſ
Bim in that exerciſe, he was about to withdraw his head,
when the king eſpied him, and bidding him come in, ſaid,

1 my thouſands of ſubjects to pray for me; but 1 tell
| devil than all other men beſfide. . x(t

| tog her pregnancy, was ee to die for her profeſ.

x woman, * wat thy faith 1

1 God i is to give us thoſe good g. which he himſelf ſolicits
us to alk of him.“ | IDEM.

And a living man without
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Thou wondereſt to ſee me in this poſture, ſince 1 have
thee, that no man has more need to pray for bimfelf, that

but God, is for that reafon more up a * the

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UNDER the reign of Pa e «Chriſtian, .

fon. The day before her execution ſhe” fell into labour,
and crying out in her pangs, the Jailor inſulted her, ſay-
ing, If you make a noiſe to-day, how will you endure a

1 ſuffer what is ordinary, and have only ordinary affiſtance ;
to-morrow I am to ſuffer what is more than ordinary, and
ſhall believe for more than 271 e . 10

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SELECT SENTENCES. 10

OD is the Father of Mercies and the God of all
comfort.“ 2 Cor. i. 3. He ſometimes ſeparates thefe
280. His conſolations are withdrawn, but his mercies ſtill
continue. He takes away what is ſweet and ſenſible in

ace, becauſe you want to be humbled and puniſhed for
ving ſought conſolation elſewhere. Such chaſtiſement is

ill; a new depth of his mercy. \ . FENELON.

CYPRIAN well obſerves, *<* We may judge how ready

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MANY able performances in defence of revelation have been written
by our Countrymen, in the courſe of this century; but, if our judgment
be not warped- by the partiality of friend{hip, we may venture to om, F
that not one of them has , repelled the malignant inſinuations and hoſtile |
attacks of modern infidels, with happier ſucceſs than this admirable pro-
duction of Mr. Fuller. Among the various topics, uſually diſcuſſed in
this controverſy, he ſelets the internal evidence which chriſtianity poſſeſſes,
in reſpect of its holy nature and divine harmony; juſtly obſerving, that
this ſubject has not been ſo fully attended to, but that it might yet be con-
fidered with gdyantage. = I OE

The holy nature. of the Chriſtian Religion he traces in the diſcovery *
makes of the moral character and perfections of God —the devotion and'

wor ſnip it preſcribes and inſpires the ſtandard of pure and enlarged
morality it erects the motives it furniſhes, to à virtuous life the lives of
thoſe who cordially embrace it—its ſalutary influence in improving. the
morals of every ſociety where it has been received—ind the pappenels " a
imparts to individuals and communities at large. With thee advantages .
and benefits he contraſts. the immorality and wretched effects of deifm,
which, while it acknowledges the being and natural perfect ions of God, |
denies or overlooks his moral charater—;efules 10 worlkiy' h;m—<ontrats
our moral obligations, and palliates yice—ſaps.the foundations of virtug——
manifeſts its evil tendency in the Iives of its warmeſt advocates—ſheds a
pernicious influence on the public morals—and mars the comfort of indi
_ viduals and ſociety, leaving both, as it reſpe&s the future, void of hope.
The harmony of the Scripture, as an evidence of its divinity, be clearly
demonſtrates. Its prophecies agree with hiſtoric fact; the truth it incul-
cates accords with the dictates of an enlightened conſcience, and the reſult
of the cloſeſt obſervation 3— its profeſſion. of being excluſively the word of
God, with the ſpirit and ſtyle in which it is written —its peculiar ſcheme .
of ſalvation through a mediator, with ſober reaſon ;—and the magnificent
doctrine of redemption, with the modern opinion of the magnitude of
creation * | 1 :

Three addreſſes are ſubjoined—one to Deiſts—ariother to the Jews
and a third to Chriſtians. 1 N
Suck are the outlines of a treatiſe which muſt be carefully read to be ap-
preciated. A treatiſe pregnant with the ſtrong ſenſe and deep argument,

for which the author has been diſtinguiſhed in his controverſy with the
Sccinians, It will be a book highly uſeful to be put into the hands of
any who have been deluded by the falſe reaſoning, and fly infinuation of
infidels, againſt the Revelation of God. Here the author has produced
powerful, and to us it appears concluſive evidence of the tranſcendant ex-
cellence of the Goſpel of Chriſt, and ſhown how, in every point of view,
in which the morals or happineſs of individuals or ſociety can be effected,
it riſes infinitely ſuperior to all that its adverſaries have preſumed to pro-
duce in its ſtead, Here the principles and practice of the Heathen Philoſo-
Phers, and thoſe of modern Deiſts, their pretended admirers, are fair]

Vor. VIII. 3 f | K , Z ! ſtate n

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b NES 5 Being contained in three volumes, we need not remark, that

TG 5 A arily required to be compreſſed into the ſmalleſt poffible compaſs,

h © eonfiſtent with a faithful delineation of the objeft Held up to view; The

whole is divided into three s, the riſe, decline, and reviyal of the

Church. The former and — periods are evidently the moſt intereſt-

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dnary Society, and com prizes the firſt period, It contains the riſe and

ogre of tf een, in the four rk c centuries, and is divided into fix

ions. x. The progres of Chriſtjanity, from the birth of Chrift to the

clole of the ſcripture canon. 2. Thee of the firſt ' and commencement.

of the ſecond century. 3. Century the ſecond to the-end, 4z”The death

of . and the end of the third century. 5. To the acceſſion of Con-

Kantine. 6. From Conſtantius to the e of uniformity, by

* | © Theodofivs.—Each of theſe are ſubdivided, ws two firſt into ſix, we the.
* x i reſt into five chapters.

- +” "Under the firſt ſcion the author preſents ds with a very brief actou

| of the life of Chriſt—then glances at the rapid ſpread of Chriftanity,

8. . from, the day of Pemecoſt=introduces the lives and labours of the A 2

h Rees ſo far as they are recorded in the ſeripture; beginning with Paul, as

_ Gclt in eminence, , though called the laſt to the apoſtleſſip, and eonclud-

og with ſome notice of Mary the mother of Jeſus, no he ſuppoſes,

. in the Evan N had afterwards ſeveral other children by

* and on his deceaſe, married Alpheus. He conſſders the nature

and adminifiration of the Shriflhia Church, as recorded i in the New Teſ⸗

tament; an important chapter and deſerving the attegtion of all denomi-

nations, for as none of them will probably find their own exatt likeneſs, |

it will furniſh matter for mutual for bearance, aud promote a ſpirit of union

©, ard brotherly love. He then proceeds to the perſecutions mentioned in

"the Teriptures—and briefly concludes the ſection with the herckes and

Tchiſms introduced.

Under the ſecond he deſcribes the Rate of the Church from the cloſe wn

8 the canon of ſeripture to the end of the reign of Trajan, abqut the

117, clearly proving it to be very flounching in point of numbers and e.

From the account Tacitus gives of the ellen, ls fallely charged by

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Nero with the conflagration of Rome, and ſanguinaril y executed, and from
the letters of Pliny and Trajan, which are quoted at Jength, and accom- .
panied with judicious remarks. Taking a retroſpective view of the ſtate off
the Church to the concluſion of the firit century, its proſperity is proved...
alſo from the epiſtles of Clement, pee ts by authentic. The oppoſite, _.
hereſies of the Docetz and Ebionites are then flightly noticed, though not,
erhaps, with ſtrift regard to the order of time, as their principles were
— ed in the preceding period, and they. did not aſſume the — of a
{-& till towards the end of the ſecond century. Adterting again to the flou-
riſhing ſtate of the Church at the commencement of the ſecond century,
he cofſiders the epiſtles and N of Ignatius, and likewiſe the writ-
ings of Polycarp and bis W om, though theſe, as he intimates, pro-
perly belong to the events of the next perĩod. The ſimplicity of primitive
worſhip. he thinks was not yet contaminated by a faraga of rites and ce-
eee he ſuppoſes had generally ceaſc.
In the third ſection he compriſes five objects. The ſufferings. of the
_ Chriſtians under the imperial perſecutors, Adrian, and Marcus Aurelius,
the philoſopher, with the cruelties inflicted on them by the Jewiſh, impoſ-
tor, Barchochebas, are firſt noticed. He next remarks the hereſies, or
fatal errors is doctrine and practice, that reſulted from the attempts of the
Eclectic or learned converts educated in the ſchool” of Alexandria, _
ro conciliate all parties by ſpiritualizing and incorporating the heathen my-
tbology with the Jewiſh and Chriſtian, Religion. Among the eminent per-
ſonages and writers to the end of the ſęcond century, be particularly nos -—
tices Juſtin, the Martyr, Ireneus, and Tertullian, and enumerates Pan-
tænus, Dionyſius, Theophilus, Melito, Apollinaris, and Athenagoras,
whoſe writings made them noticed in their day, and have been ſo far pre-
ſerved to us, as to prove that the faith once delivered io the Saints, was
ſtill preſer ved in its purity.“ But this, we apprehend, is not ſtrictly ac-
cui ate; as we never could learn that a ſentence remains of the writings of
Pantenus and Apolliyaris ; nor yet of Dionyſius ani Mehto, except a
few lines quoted in the writings of others ; that aſcribed to the latter in the
Bibliotheca Patrum, reſpecting the paſſage or death of the Virgin Mary,
being, as Du Pin himſelf acknowledges, ſtuffed with abſurdities, and evi-
dently. counterfeit. The government of the church, its rites and ceremo-
nies, had experienced a conſiderable change: The primitive equality of its
paſtors, he obſerves, was deſtroyed;— the clergy, ſeparating from the |
Es, s a body, became more diſcriminated by their habits;z—the 7s
names of prieſts, and high-prieſts, were aſſumed ; their oblations termed,
ſacrifices z pompous ceremonies gradually introduced, and annual feſtivals...
obſerved, to apcommodate chriſtianity to the Heathgn, who were fond of
pageantry; and thought thoſe who had neither altar, victim, prieſt, or ſa-
crifice, mult be atheiits.—Laſtly he ſpeaks of the ſpiritual and true church;
by which he does not mean a jeparate body of Chriſtians, but thoſe who.
- Amidſt the departures of many in faith and practice, preſerved the truth, and
exemplified the power of gelle 1 20000
In the fourth ſection, reaching to the end of the third century, the au-
thor records The ſyfferings of the church under the perſecutions of Se-
verus, Maximin, Decius, and ſeveral other emperors— The herefies which
ſprung from the writings and teaching of Origen, and thoſe broached by
Noetus, Sabellus, Baryllus, Paul of Samoſata, and Manes, the father of
the Manichzans, who attempted to unite the doctrines of the Magi with
chriſtianity, as the Eclectics had before endeavoured to blend it with Pla -
toniſm — The principal perſonages who flouriſhed in the third century,
particularly Origen and Cyprian, OY characters are delineated in a _
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aß thid a radiance about him that his peculiarities of opinion cannot
..- wholly obſeute He then notices the form of government, Fhich was be-
ee ee er and the Fites and eee which were eee
rere ee beine aſcribed to faking, the Lord's Supper celebrated - |
weh greater pomp, and gold and filver veſſels uſed in the ſer vice; exor-
Feam preceding baptiſm, and impoſition of hands, ard invocation following |
5 i that demons and evil fpirits might be tjefted from the candidate, à |
=: Holy Ghoſt communicatedConcludes with the ſpiritual Church, © +
T be fiſth ſection © contains—Dioclefian's per ſecution The acceſſion of
Donſtantine, who ſubverted paganiſm and eftabliſhed Chriſtiany, but
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tte Chorch 151 occaſioned violent perſecutions Rites and ceremonies now,
| _> maltipliedtovery greatexceſs; ſplendid robes, mitres, tiaras, tapers, eroßers,
E bor z whilſt the power of the people in ecci-fialtical affairs was
annihilated, and the government of the Chiirth rendered prelatical, and

P

_ modelled after the imperial, the biſhops of Rome, Alexandria, Antipch,
und Conſtantinople claiming ſuperiority, and xeſembling the four Fræ-
* torian Prefects eue ereck. FCC
In the faſt ſection our author conſiders The Sueceſſors of Conſtantine to
\._ _ Pheodofius, who all profeſſed the Chriſtian Religion except Julian, but
with different views of its doarines, Conſtantius and Valens being zea -

_ Jous Arians, and the reſt favourers of the Orth5dox—'The prevailing.
ſchiſms and hereſies are juſt intimated—Many of the principal perſonages”
are named, and ſome notice is taken of Athapaſius, Hoſe us; Ambroſe,
and Auguſtin— Church government and ceremonies, brieffy às they are
ſtated, exhibit to a ſpiritual mind a melancholy figure: the Church, tas
the good Doctor with grief obſerves, - groaned under the load of her
own trappings, and patronage and other evils were introduced The
ſection then cloſes with the ſpiritual Church to the end of the thixd'cen- |

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A valuable Appendix contains three diſſertations. The firſt on the
Eſtabliſhment of Uniformity in Religion, by penal ſanctions; in anſwer
to the (late) Rev. Mr, Milner. The ſecond, on Schiſm, which is ſhort

. and pertinent. The third, on Infidelity, containing remarks en Mr.
Sibbon's fifteenth and ſixteenth chapters of his Roman Hiſtory; and is

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Having been ſo copious in our analyſis, quotations ' from the ſeveral -
periods would be unneceſſary; and general "remarks premature. If not,
our limits would oblige us to refrain: we hope, however, an opportunity
| will ſoon be afforded us to renew the reader's pleaſure and our own. _

" Remarks on the Rev. Rowland Hill's Journal, &c. in a Letter to the Au-
thor; including Reflections on Itinerant and Lay-Preaching. _ By J. Ja-

_ __MiEsoR, D. P. 8 o. 88 Pages, 15. Ogle. 17995 _. __-
IR. J. is a reſpectable Antiburgher Miniſter, well-known to the world
by his learned and excellent publication:. Conteiving that the denomina-
tion to which he belongs, had been unfairly repreſented, he endeavours,

in this pamphlet To juſtify the reſtricted communion, complained of

by Mr. Hill, and to rectify ſome miſtakes in his firſt journal. He like»
wiſe offers a variety of ftritures- on lay and itmerant preaching, eſpe-
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way to beer ſrom us his wander ing diſciples, one of en 1

ngs 6 ? the 9 covenarſt, which was ratified with an 17. x and
E and. ſealed with precious blood, ** to the end the promiſes. mig an be
frets all the ſeed;” and the promiſe i is to you and to your children, 2 85
3 de God) to all that are afar off, IP as many as the Lord ohr ;
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The Lord, 1 truſt, that morning ave ug to know; that be bad deter-

mined Brother Kicherer ſhov!d go with Broth Edwards; and the worthy

Mr. M. C. Vos, and Dr. Vanderkemp, ſpoke to Brother Edwards and
we about beii ordained ; this I conſented to, more in deference to their
opinion than from a conviftion on my put; 3 and as they thoyght it ne-.
- ceſfary I was paſſive. 7
\ "They took us to the kirk, about four o clock 1 in the morning, and as
there are about fifteen houſes in the village, a few people came. Brother
Kicherer began by reading the 37th chapter of Fee iel; then Brother
- Vanderkem ip . and we ſung, ( Jeſus ſhall reign where'er the ſun,”
K.; and Brother Vanderkemp gave us a very excellent exhortation and
2 ſrom theſe words, ? Command that thoſe ſtones be made bread.”?
Aſter a few general queſtions and an hymn, he prayed again, and'the Rev,
M. C. Vos, and Brother Kicherer, joined him in i ceremony of laying,
on of hands; and the whole was concluded by fin ging, ben him
Lord of all.” There never was ſuch, a kind of 32. — before in Rode
Zand Kerk, nor, perhaps, in this part of Africa. —Seyeral of the people ä

" peelent x were very deeply aflected.; and faid their ſouls were never happier. - | h

As to the kindneſs of the people at the Cape, on the road to Rode Zand,
- nnd from dense to this place, T have not words whereby to do them
Juſtice, —From, my eyes this moment tears run 1 * at the remembrar
of their affeQionate attention, | Ol that I ma enabled to give Jef Tefus
Emmanuel all the glory, and to love and Erw kun better. *
On Tveſday morning, May 28, I got our things put into our waggon
and this — of a woman, Juffrowe Magtelt Smith, had e

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| 2 to ſtay another day, and us we thought our Hottentots

truſty, we ſent „ n, Mrs. Magtelt Smith Being de-
termined to go with us ſome part of the way, wien a horſe w ,

which they commonly drive eight ſmall horſes, we concluded "to c »
and ſet off early next rr Mrs. Smith has a meeting at her Hoyle
every Tueſday aſternoon; Mr. Vos came, and fat and preached from Jobn
- xiv /27, ©* Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto vou. The
text ran as quick as lightning through my ſoul. ' O! how good, how Kind,
was the lovely Jeſus, to leave and give ſuch peace, and thus to apply it
from time to time by his Spirit: Towards evening, Brother Kicherer 5
poſed our having the Lord's Supper together before we pitted, e |
Br. V. conſented; and-Mynheer Van Sulk, à friend, who came from his
own houſe with us half way from the Cape, and Mrs. Smith and Mrs. De
Lange, joined with us. What is remarkable, Mrs. De Lange prejen to
the Lord that morning, that if ever he had done any thing for her fon},
the Brethren might take the Lord's Supper together, that the might know it
as a token for good; for theſe good people (Moravians) take every thing -
to the Lord. Brothers Vanderkemp and Kicherer had appointed paworthy -
i I believe all were happier than mgfelf;

me to adminiſter the ordinance, and |
for though I had experienced ſuch a bleſſing in the afternoon, T.
little now; bat ſome preſent ſaid the Lord had never made them fo h
in their lives. We ſung ſome Engliſh hymns, and concluded with De
uniting love. 45 Sarkar Ianto; F
- We ſ were all up at five in the morning. | Soon after ſix the worthy Mr.
Vos, his wife, and two brothers, came with the Doctor; and Brother Ed-
wards, and ſeveral more of the good people being come, Mr. Vos priyed
for us with great fervency,*ant now we began to take leave. It Went to
my heart to part with Brothers Edwards and Kicherer; the N _
young man! hugged me as if he would preſs me into his heart. He is
truly a good man. At ſeven o'clock we mounted the waggons, and ſevetal
pious friends accompanied us. Brother Kicherer and Brother Edwards, at
the ſame time, ſet off with Mr. Cobos Vos, in his waggon, to go to the
Cape, as Mr, Filher's waggon was not come. We drove ſouth to the val-
ley of Rode Zand. This is one of the pleaſanteſt and healthieſt countries,
I think, in the world; but it wants more cultivation: the ground bringe
_ forth all things abundantly. The valley is about three miles wide, 512 5
high mountains on each ſide. At eleyen o'clock we pot to Liefde Farm,

belonging to Mynheer Peter Hugo. Here we were Very kindly received.
Our waggon ſtood ready to go away, with twelve as fine way oxen, put in as
ever I (aw, I called the Doftor to take notice of the'difference between
them and the poor ones at and near the Cape. This farm is tafled Liefde,
that is love, and a lovely place it is, ſtocked with great plenty of all ſorts of
1 for the table; r hk cattle in abundance, a'gvod vineyard,
. &c—and this is the way at all the farms we have paſſed. Mynheer "go
was going about without ſhoes, and the family dteſſed very much like
Highland Farmer's families in Scotland; but they Keep a better table than
the gentlemen in England. The ire, rod whict 2 0. the draught _—
under 2 had broke: Mr. Hugo had taken it out- and mended it,
for moſt of the farmers have blackſmiths ſhops) but he wobld take notfing
for the work. After dinner we prayed with the family, and took an affec-
tionate leave of Mrs. De Wet and Mrs. De Land, who returned. Mr, Hi
put eight horſes in his waggon, and his mother; with her a h

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un- det into a valley, widening as we proceeded, and got to Mynheer Jor-
8-7 457 daan's, a rich farmer, a decke ae dark. His wife is'fiſter to Mrs. Hugo,
_ the old lady that was with us. Here we were very kindly received and

' " * Jodged, but Brother V. could not fleep well, the bed was {o ſoft. Of Mr.

Joan we bought two onen; the good man offered them for nothing 3
Du as we declined accepting them as a preſent, he ſold them, but-did not
Ny take the price of one for the two. In the matning, after I had looked) over

"4 ynheer De Vos. — Here we were ta ſtop and papers to crols Hecks
er Mournains, and then to paſs through the great Ca

. of eight days journey, not having a houſe in it. God has ſo ordered it,
_ - Jure and not of hardſhips, for we have been but two nights out of good
beds fince we left the Cape. O 1. my dear friend, what can the Lord mean

tries! the manna, rains down about your, tents 3 but from this valley, if
they want fo hear a ſermon, they muſt ride all n agg Sunday morn-

ar a ſermon, perhaps from year's end to ous end. This is Monda
ſe

nigbt, and Brother Vanderkemp is with theſe dear kind people in the hall,

© holding. the Lak bp meeting, joining with you, in ſpirit,-my dear friends,
telling the people about England, Scotland, Holland, and the ſhip Duff.
0e I long to hear from England about all things. On the .

© Lie . Same to Harte Beaſt River Farm—here we were very kindiy re-
F ceived, . This is a moſt delightful place, and is ſtocked with large orange
1 grow higher than the apple trees in

- FeRionate leave of thoſe kind people. In about two hours ride we entered

rrow, 4 Wilderneſs

y all this kindbeſs towards ſuch poor. finners as we. are! My thoughts are
led with wonder and adniiration that I-cannot tell where-te begin to

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- country) we had prayer with the famiſy, and ſet off again, taking an af-

Hecks River. Kleof—bere we had a very rough road between the moun-
tan, After crolling Hecks River about ten times, we came out about

mh little earthly 9 we went for ward about four miles, to the houſe

that as yet we have been as if we were going to take a journey of plea.

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day, Brother Vanderkemp preached from Rom. xiii. 11, 22. and in the
- afternoon, from 2 Peer i.. This night, at the prayer meeting, gave. an
cee Fodind e dint ono de e327 aan 5
Thanks and praiſe be to our dear Saviour's love and kindneſs, we ate
very loving and happy together and we muſt be vile indeed, if we were
not, when the Lord does ſo much for us every day. I now think the Doctor
means to ſetile in Caffree Land, for we have been talking together, and 1
vas ſpeaking of ſome Brother or Brethren to come Join us; but; he
? ſaid, he thought it would be better to try what the Lord would do with us,
by ourſelves, and if any more come, to point them to another part of the
country; I im of the ſame opinion, and 0 e the Lord will dire& us inthe _
. ' way we ſhould go. I really; do not know how t6 look the people here in
the face, they are ſo kind and generous. Mrs. Smith has got another load
of things for us, or rather they have forced them on. her for us, to ſupplx
us in the wilderneſs. I expect ſome wonderful appearance for us among
the Caffres. We are to ſet off to-morrow, the Lord willing. Give my
affect ionate love to my dearly beloved Father in Chriſt, Mr. ———, and
my dear friend, Miſs . O! how happy ſhould I be to hear of her
walking in the ways of the Lord. It is wonderful how many of the Lotd's
people are ſcattered up and down this country, when we confder ho few
means of inſtruct ion there are ꝓ and they are anxious to hear, or they would
never ride ſo far. The chriſtian women in this country are wonderfylly. -
zealous: two of them keep public meetings for the ſla ves at the Cape, and
they can preach very well. r
And now, my dear friend, I muſt bid you farewell. It would be a great
favour to receive a few lines from you. May goodneſs and mercy follow
you and your houſehold, all the days of your life, and may you haye an
abundant entrance adminiſtered unto you, into the everlaſting Kingdoy of
dart beloved
Sionate ſon, 8

our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, is the ſincere Proves of

Mother in the Lord Jeſus, - - Four truly

Z To the Rev. Dr. HAWEIS. SE
Great Fiſh River, on the North fide of the Sriow Mountain,
+ 43, oe Oe 204,» 2. +.) July the 161th. 1799.
Dear Doftor—dearly beloved Father, and Brother in Chriſt Jeſus |
Notwithſtanding - our journal from 3x:ſt March to 3oth June, be not
ready to be ſent off, I will not let eſcape the opportunity which'is offered
do us, to ſend a few lines to our friends in England and Holland, by the
Cape of Good Hope, and by your intervention, to the Directors of the
Miſſionary Society. Hitherto our proceeding have been favoured by/ the
hand, of our God, far beyond our expectation, bleſſed be his name;
and as we hope we have found grace in his tight, ſo we have found it in
the fight of men, of every one with whom we have had to do. I ſuppoſe
that you, from a letter written to Mt. Hardcaſtle, have learned that the
Boſhemen have called us to come over and help them. We left the Ca
after we had been ſucceſsful in erecting the South African Society: t
22d of May, with a mind to ſeparate at Roodeſand, the pariſh of Rev.
Mr. Vos, our worthy friend.” There we determined that Brothers Kicherer
and Edwards ſhould go to the Boſnhemen, the weſtern part of this country;
and Brother Edmond and I to the Caffres. Brothers Kicherer and Ed-
wards ſtayed waiting for a friend er Tg convey them 10 the Boſhe-
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to the field of our labours, though

to be unfavourable to our attempts. The inhabitants. of this country were

5 ſummoned by Government to ſerve us with their oben, and give us ever)
Auer! butthis proved! unnecefery, 28 euer ons vffectal hin, cattle,
_ * Horſes, and proviſions, with the greaieſt alberith, to forward us in our

Journey, without any payment; not ilefs/ than 19: oxen, 77 horſes, and
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Wards to the Miniſtry, which ſolemnity was performed in the Church

of Roodefand, with the concurrence and according to the advice of Mr.

=p? = 2 The 29th of June, we arrived at Graaft Reinet, and lodged: at the

| oft houſe ; we departed from Graaft Reinet the toth, and: paſſed

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Deer che Snow Mountains, where we ſuffered from intenſe cold, 1 have

Preached on the road wherever there was an opportunity, ahd thedehre of

2 -the people both Heathen and profeſſed Chriſtians to hear the word of God,
-- 1s beyond all imagination, as ſeveral came from a diſtance pb miles.

In all the country between the Snecuirberg and 1 never beſore
us a Miniſter has preached.” This ſhews the neceſſity of itinerant Miſ-

+ fianaries, who are able to preach in Duteh: With-reſpeR-to the Heathen

countries, the Miſſionary field is very extenſive; and the door open. The

Hoſhemen on the north eaſt (ide of the colony call aloud for inſtruttion; and
ſo do the Corannas orleſſer Namacquas. Madagaſcar was recommended to
us at the Cape as a en field for Miſſionary exertions. Beſides this,
v account of our numbers, not ſufficient for the Caffres, nor our
two-Brethren for the weſtern Boſhemen. I hope the Society will, in co-

operation witk the Dutch Society, ſend us ſoon ſome. aſſiſtance. I will

prepare a letter for their information, directed to them, which they will
find at the Cape, in the hands of the Directors of the South African So-
ciety. The minute particulars of our tranſactions you will find in our
jour nal, which pn on ſend by the firſt * to London. I think
we have ground to believe, that wonders grace have accompanied our

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We have reached this day, the place in which the Tarka joins the great
- Fiſh River ; and within an hour I hope to preach to a cougregation of about
ſutiy people, aſſembled in a farm houſe. As this houſe is filled with theſe
© hearers, and the man who is 10 carry this letter to the Cape ſets off im-

mediately after ſervice, I am obliged to place myſelf in one of the country

- ,waggens 11: order, to-finiſh this letter; this I hope, will diſpoſe” you to
«' - oyerlpok, my bad writing. We intend, if it pleaſes God, to ſend this week,

to of our prop e, one of whom is a Caffre who ſpeaks the Dutch. lan-

to ohtain leave to come into. his preſence, The Coloniſts give an excellent
character of the Caffres; but, on account of the war, they are exaipe-

Fguage perfeclly well, io T'Geika, who is king of the Caffres, in order

be diſpoled to à friendly agreement. V
Do not neglect, if any Miſſionaries be ſent to the Cape, to provide
-- themwith a paſſport from the Secretary of State, without which no perſon
is admiſſible here. Iwill not charge you with many compliments to par-
ticular friends, but bope that the DireRors of the Society will ** py
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ded of the fincere reſpect which I. feel in my heart for them. I in-
bended to direRt this to or deer Frjerd Mr: Wilks, But as Brother Ea
mond writes to him, I was induced to do it by the next opportunity.
Pray give my love ta my dear friends Rev. Mr. and to Mrs“ Brown, and
all her femiſy, NMir. Jacks, Rey. Mr, Newton, but eſpecially dear Mrs.

FPFF—T—TFTTT
2 . | ' Dearly beloved Father and Brother in Chriſt, + Fa "I % |
* + ©" Your obedient Servant and Brother in the Lord, |
e "f, BOSHNDERSKIENG:

Dear and Reverend Sir. *\ AFRICA, Aug. 10, 1799.
BY the great mercy of my Lord and Saviour, I am ſpared as a m
ment of grace, and favoured with an opportunity to inform you of more
ot his great, goodneſs towards us his unworthy ſervants, and of a few of
the bleſſings that he has granted ns in our journey. 0
May 27th, at Roodefra,” we ſettled for Brothers Vanderkemp and
Edmond to go to the-Caffres, and Bi other Kicherer and me to go to the
Boſhemen. The following Wedneſday they parted from us; after that,
the young man, of whom I informed you in my laſt letter, that he had ©
deſire to go with us to the Heathen, but was doubtful of bis call to that
work, ſince informed us his mind is fatisfied, and we have agreed for him
w $2 and labour with us. 38 13, EINE, Anbar an .
As the waggon could not come at the time the Government ordered
from Mr. Viſer's, ſome friends were ſo kind as to give us eleven oxen, and
one lent a waggon to convey us to Mr. Viſer's, and by the Kindneſs of -
our Lord and Saviour, we got to his hovſe, after l week. He
had received a letter from the Government at the Cape, adviſing him of
our coming, and to order the farmers to help us with ſuch things as we
needed. Through his influence we have had given us ſeven cows and a
calf, one hundred and eighty ſeven ſheep, and many other things more
than I can mention; and he has written to the Government for two wa
Zons for us, and men to build an houſe, - He is in this part of the cod
try like a littſe prince in power among the Chriſtians? hh es
The 22d of July we ſet out from his houſe: for the Boſhemen nation,
and he with us, and many farmers and” Hottentots, and ſlaves, and five
waggons. By the great blefling of our Lord and Saviour we are got to
the oſhemen,. and have been directed to a fine ſpring of water, and a
good piece of ground for a garden; we gave it the name of Blyroos Vi- 5
tricht's fountain. Here are one of the chiefs and about thirty of the na- :
tives, and we expe&t many more as ſoon! as they hear of our arrival.
I think they differ but little from the Hottentots in thein looks, but ſeem
much more artful, We have made a houſe of ſpars for a ſhort time. The
Chriſtians go back to their houſes on Monday next. We are about nineteen / z
days Journey from Cape town, with the ox-waggon; and about twenty. 8
fix days journey from our brethren, Dr. Vanderkemp and Mr. Edmond.
* that you will hear in a ſhort time, that the Lord is bleſſing his Gol.
pel among the Boſhemen, aud that we may be able to ſupport the miſſion -
without burdening the ſociety. As the Government has been ſo kind as
to convey us hither from Mr. Viler's witnout any expenceto the ſociety, ©
I think they will help us in other ws that we may ſtand in need of.
I ſhall lend my ſhort journal the fiſt opportunity that I have, and a
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en of the Boſhemen's language, from the time. we. parted with ur
Brother Vanderkemp. Brother Kicherer deſires to he remembered. to you,

d will write a tew lines by the firſt opportunity. Be ſo kind as to give
our love; to! all the Directors. We mould take it a great favour if you
; would ſend us a few ſpelling books for the children, arid Yaliant's Travels,
and the Evangelical Magazine from the time we left England. The firft
_ opportunity'30u have, you will be ſo-kind as to favour me with a few

I have not heard from England ſince I left it.
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Dear Doctor dearly beloved Father, and Brother in Chrift ! 3
I hope that the Lord will direct the preſent ſo, that it, with the incloſed--
Journal, containing the ſecond quarter of the year 1799, may come ſafe into
_ your h In now mention by anticip tion ſome particulars; which
oe In the beginning ſof July,
vt leſt Araatt Reinet, and went to ſee the Snow Mountains, in order to
come round about into Caffreland, as the uſual road was conſidered dan-
gero, on account of the troops of Caffres infeſting the adjacent quar-
ters, then the theatre of war, between the Engliſh, the Coloniſts, and the

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_ Ing ezfl and ſouthwarde, till we reached the Great Fiſh River, which we
| crxpſſed, and pitched our tent, near the laſt farm at the Colony. Here we
Wa found a number of families in their flight before the Caffres. We found
| alſo in the vicinity two hordes of Caffres, who behaved very friendly to us,
and we ſent. one of our Hottentots, accompanied by two of theſe Caffres,
ta T'Geika, King of Caffraria, to aſk leave for us to paſs through his land,
/ - and to converſe with him about cur plan. After nine days, journey they
n came back, reporting that they were. kindly. received by T Geika, Who
ſaid, he was previouſly informed of our coming, and deſired us to make all
poſſible ſpeed, that he might welcome us; be ſent us at the ſame. time his
tobacco - box, as a token of bis favour and protection, which would univer-

- ſame other tribes of Caffres, under Captain T Konga, which he conſidered
Aas rebelſieus ſubjects. During the abſence of our deputies, a conſiderable.
>, bpdy of T'Konga's Caffres aſſembled in he neighbouring mountains, and
Eindled, the very evening on which they returned, fix or ſeven fires, on
. the top of the hill, at whoſe foot our tent was pitched. Next morning the
Coloniſts decamped, and we followed them, as the friendly Caffres adviſed
vs to do, thinking it more ſafe, than to ſtay, or to go on in our journey,
though at the ſame time they aſſured us that we ſhould be attacked by them
on our way. This the event confii med; we had not been above three
hours on our journey when an innumerable multitude of Caffres appeared
upon the mountains on our left hand, and running down with an horrie
clamour atteinpted to break in upon our waggons. A battle enſued : we
gave our fire. arms to our Hottemots, but I oxdered them moſt earneſtly not
to fre on the Caffres, unleſs. their perſonal defence ſhould render it una-
voidable. This they faithfully obſerved, and fired not: after an engage»

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ment of about an hour the Caffres made their dee eee our
ciftle. Our road lay between two hills, which were both occupied by a
vaſt number of Caffres, hareſſing us when we paſſed between them: we
proceeded. two ways, followed by-the Caffres, and ftopt the Tecond day at A
farm hobſe. But az the Caffies contintied to advance, and to diffuſe-rheat- 0
ſelves ovef all the country, this alſo was deſerted by the inhabitants, ank
we removed to another farm, where wer are actually uncertain what todo.
But we truſt in the Lord, ani are confident, that hewill clear up our path _
in his ſeaſon,” The 8th, a Field Cornet came to us, and reported, that a
Caffre had ſurrendered himſelf to the inhab tants, ſaying that he belonged to
us, and was looking for his maſters. We immediately diſcovered that it
was Ofik6otfo, one of our deputies to T'Geika : we ſent him two armed
| Hottentots,” and a horſe. He had been taken up by the hoſtile: Caffres,”
and had a narrow eſcape of being murdered by them; and he cleared up
ſeveral circumſtances of the preſent war, and ſayings of T Geika, which /
hitherto had been myſterious to us. The war againſt the Engliſh. was car-
ried on only by ſome Caffres, under command of I' Konga, Madan, &c.
ſubordinate Captains to T Geika, though he had never given his conſent
to it. This body of hoſtile Caffres was augmented by many of T'Geika's
immediate. ſubjects, the numbers of "which daily increaſed. + Their object
was to diſpoſe T*Geika to make one common cauſe with them, or, ſhould -
they find him inflexible, to turn their arms openly againſt him and his ad-
herents. I look vpon theſe diſturbances as ſtrugglings of Satan, with a
view to exclude us, and the Goſpel of Chriſt from Caffraria, and, on the
| Pens hr er a trial of our faith in him, and I hope; he'll make us.
Ine ineloſed letter is an order to Mr. Van Notten, my correſpondent, to
remit the dividends of a ſmall capital in the Ben ot Login every alf-
Fear, beginning with April 1799, to Mr. Hardcaſtle, who, I truſt, ſhall be
ſo kind as to tranſmit it for me to the South African Society at the Cape,
whenever the London Society has occaſion to tranſmit money to that place.
I am not able as yet to determine, what money, at an average, the South
African Miſſion will require yearly. This cannot well be calchfated before
ve are ſettled among the Heathen. The neceſſary articles of life. may bs
obtained from the Caffres, hy exchanging them for coarſe cloth, linen, to-
bacco- hoxes, knives, ſciſſars, needles, looking · glaſſes, a few razors, night.
caps, old buttons, ſome blades of braſs; and it will be much more ad-
vantageous to ſend thofe articles from England, packed up in ſmall boxes,
(as no man will take a large box upon his waggon) than to buy them at
the Cape, where theſe articles are amazingly dear. The ſame may be ſaid
of writing and printing paper. I find that I made a miſtake in my former
account, which I endeavoured to rectify by the preſenrt .
Hugnft 14. — This moment we are informed, that four Caffres are coming
| to this place, ſent by King T*Geika, in order to aſſure the inhabitants. that
he is determined to protect them againſt the hoſtile Caffres, and to re-eſta-
bliſh peace and tranquillity among thein. Bleſſed be the name of our great
Mafter, who over-rules all the machinations of his and our enemies, and
in him my heart triumphs. I'll endeavour to ſee theſe four men, and to
proceed with them to their country. Pray, dear DoQor ! "for, me, that the
word of the Lord may have free courſe and be glorified, even as it is with
you, and that I may be delivered from unreaſonable and wicked men.,—One
or two pious aſſiſtants able to teach reading and writing to the Caffres, and,
if poſſible, acquainted with the Dutch language, would be a valuable ac-

quiſition.
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. ©. Hitherto we have received no letters either from London or Holland,

And now, my deareſt friend! I hope that the God of all grace will make
von perſect, eſtabliſh, ſtrengthen, and ſettle o..
iim, Rev, Doctor, my Father, and Brother in Chriſ tt,
3 & . e Your affectionate Friend, and Servant in the Lord,
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P. 8.” My kindeſt reſpects to Mr. Hardcaſtle, and dear Mrg, Wilks. |
© Thave noi time to tranſcribe. our journal for Holland, but I hope you will

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ſecond voyage, by a French privateer, has been confirmed 5 accounts
from ſeveral quarters. We are concerned at this great trial
ciety;" for the Miffionaries to whom this mis fortune has befallen, and for
thoſe diſtant Brethren that now will have to wait with prolonged: anxiety :
| for accounts from their native country. We remember the admonition ef
the Apoſtle to eee patch ering members of the body of Chriſt,
und we feel ourſelves called upon for redoubled interceſſions in your' behalf
at the throne of grace. We will not, however, lament as if we were
uite comfortleſs, but rather endeavour to ſupport your and our hearts
— m the rich treaſures of divine conſolation. We will adore that God
who has made heaven and earth and ſea, whoſe power is over all, and with -

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tefs can any thing happen without bis knowledge and conſent in the great
concerns of his kingdom: Humbling ourſelves under his powerful hand we
will ſtill hope; where all hope ſeems to be at an end Great are the deſigns

we are duſt and aſhes, and our Saviour pronounces thoſe . bleſſed that be-
lieve,” though they do not ſee. In general, nothing is more carried on un-

der great difficulties and obftacles than the concerns of the kingdom of
God. What mountains of difficulties had the faith and the obedience of

our dear Saviour himſelf to overcome! He endured the moſt arduous preofs,
and whilſt he was ſinking he conquered. And if we'think of the firſt
Propagation of chriſtianity by his Apoſtles, of the reformation of the
church in later times, and of all the great inſtitutions for promoting the

ened to ſuppreſs the good cauſe entirely, had the men of God to ex-
Wh. perience, and yet the Lord crowned them with victory and ſucceſs. Aug.
Herman Franke, who ſo meritoriouſly diſtinguiſhed himſelf by building
*- the orphan-houſe at Halle, began with a f w gilders; and although in the
rogreſs of the work he was often in want of the neceſſary ſupplies, his

| I faith finiſhed the ttruAure, which poſterity looks up to with aſto-
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at preſent, when the unfortunate capture of your Miſſionary Ship, on her

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out whoſe hely will and permiffion not a hair ſalls from our head. Much

of his wonderful counſel ; our dim eye cannot penerrate them at once; for

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nimhment. How nifold were the fufferiigs and trials of the firſt Miſfon:-
aries of the united Brethren upon SK Thomas and St. Cruſe? How, many
found their graves there! But are there not thouſands and ten thouſands oft
converted Negroes, a joyful hapveſt' of that ſeed of tears? In. ſhort, hat-
ever is = eminent and laſting in the kingdom of Chriſt has the ſtamp of
- - Theſe conſiderations, together with ſo many conſolatory ſeriptures, as
Iſa. Iv. 8, 9. My choughtoare nor your thotghts''—and Iſa. xxviii. 29.
« The Lord is wonderful in counſel and excellent in working! —inſpire
our hearts with a pleaſing hope, that the Allwiſe will juſtify this diſpen-
ſation in due time in the eyes of all his children. And we are confident,
that God our Saviour will blefs the captivity of the Miſſionaries for the
ſpread of his Goſpel in places which we did not think of, as he for-
merly bleſſed the priſon of St. Paul for the furtherance of it in the very a-
pital of the old Roman Empire. We truſt alſo his power and mercy will
ſupport your hearts, not to be diſpirited, but with renewed vigour and zeal
do purſue the great work for the converſion of the Heathen, that Satan and
his creatures may be diſappoiwed by your perſevering faith, hope and love.
May our gracious Jeſus,; the beginner and finiſher of faith, let the fun of
hope riſe out of the _ of this trial for our Engliſh. Brethren, and his
- ſalvation be ou to the remoteſt corners of the earth
Pee intended firſt to tranſmit with this letter about ſixty pounds. ſter-
ling; but the preſent political fituation making it impoſſible, we will defer
it to the end of the year, when we hope to be able to-ſend allo a 12 4 of
_ 70—75 pounds left for — by a Miſs Braumiller, who died
- this year? goes ing ers br og Danze Fab or”
Your publications we: have not received yet, and ours {till are here, de-
tained on account of all communication being rendered fo difficult. We
hope you have received our letter of the 27th of May. With great defire
we expect now your anſwer, which you will have the goodneſs to direct to
Mr. Wiern, at ir r , 7 19 5
For our Swiſſerland, the year 1799, haſtening to its end, was a time f
great affliction. The devaſtations, occaſioned by the war, are beyond de-
ſcription. O! that you could read the lamentable accounts of the ſtate of
the dittle Cantons once ſo flouriſhing, your heart would bleed for pity, and
deep ſighs would riſe from your brealt to the Almighty. Towns and vil-
lages pillaged; the finecattle, the only riches of the inhabitants, killed or
driven away; and hundreds. and thouſands reduced to beggary.—Famine
begins io extend, and the orphans, the widows, and the pbor of every age
cry for bread. Our Baſil has ſuffered, indeed, many terrors and hardſhips ; 1
but by the unſpeakable mercy of God has been enabled to alleviate the . |
diſtreſs of thoſe unfortunate. countrymen, and the old and the young, the
rich and the poor, vie with each other in this work of love and affiltance.
7 Krenn be to our Almighty God, and thanks to our praying Brethren!
men. e BO TAs, 2 IDS 42 37

| Wecloſe with the aſſurance of our moſt hearty affeQions of reſpec and

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love, and interceſſion, beg for your's, and remain

* DTDauͤur Servants and Brothers

In the name of the Members of the Committee,
STEIN Forr, Secretary.

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big e21conk RELIGIOUS TRACT: sdb TV.
RR and; that notwithſtanding. the funds of this: dere whe
conſi 57 by the late rapid and extraordinary riſe of „the
5 . Committee} hope the generoſity of the Religious Public will ena by

"by fubferiptions and contributions, to continue the ſale at the preſent- low

ices 3+ wherehy they may be enabled Kill to ſupply, not on enen
ut Country, Aſſociations and Provincial Societies, for the 8
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brbss or Tu Society. FoR DISTRIBUTING EVAN.
„ _ GELICAL TRACTS GRATIS.

4 BELOVED Brethren ! be ye fledfaſt, unmovable, alway + 3dvondiig
* zn abe werk of the Lord, ſoraſmuch as ye know that your fabour is v 18 v ix
he 2 «ho the Lord, x. Cor. xv. 58.
i 3.08 «TJ: {gnorauce of many reſpect pecting evangelical truth, acide :
+, alarm RY popery, 10 0 and cd atheiſm, even in this
4 OY mm in, the minds of thoſe who wiſh ri ghtly* to eſtimate
the, value gf av immo al ſoul, a concern, to be Wenden in the hands
df Gad the. Spirit, in 14 Br mighty torrent, and of promoting the *
knowledge of divine truth in fumplicit
This concern has been cpanifeſted by chriſtians of varions denomina ·
ions, who have formed themſeves Bed Societies to eſtabliſh foreign and
' .hame Mi ions, to raiſe Sunday chools, and diſtribute religious racta.
| Among the latter, the Society for diſtributing Evangelical Trades 8
a Adeſirous of eaſtin 0 their mite; and whilſt they are endeavouring to ſpread
the knowledge of, Chriſt and his ſalvation among all claſs of people, and
—_— peritbing ſinners, the way that leads to eternal life, they would
ſolicit all their chriſtian brethren to unite in ſupplicating the God of Grace
taattend: with almighty. energy their feeble efforts e his glory
5 . among men.
It is hoped that no arguments need be u rged to excite all the real friends
of Chriſt to ſupport by pecuniary Wh an inſtitution of ſo 3
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Wenz JoBrine of the Gy) 155 per”
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ſeriptions and'donations?”' = © % Abe EE
Phat in ofietto jodate ee. 2822 of lite, who 2
defirous ef promoting this inftitation} each'$ubfeciber"of ene Millin
quarter or upwards Mall be confidered a member; dug 82 ry perſo
ing to the Society à donation of five guineas, wan d
ber for liſe.
That the donations and one-third' of the fubſcri
of the Committee, for mk of diſtributing
as may pes t tw el calculatetl for uſefulntfss.
That each Subſeriker 1 to receive Laage 6
two-thirds of his ſubſeri plying to” the Commit
their monthly meetings, (er c e perſons in the oe 7 Qmted-
receive ſubſcriptions)” but if not appl ſed for, on or before the meets
the Committee in December, the lance in ha d ſhall be pl
Treaſurer to the ticconnt of the Society. n Sins
That the Whole direction of the operation | ed I
a —— of twenty-four members to be desde annually.”
That monthiy meetir Committee be . at the "Rev.
Beck's Veſtry-roοm, in re ſecond;
neſday in the Month, * 7 e
| whom beinlg-preſentniny pits roce ri |
That a quarterly — meeting be held at ht above p
the /aff Wedneſday in the months of January 3 July, & 8
ber, to commence at 7 o'clock in the evening, an | rata Rep at nine.
* That an Anniverſary General Meeting hs Society be held © dn th
third Wedneſday in Jaudary, and that 1 Sermon be preached annya
.. wit he received by M6. 4H, hl
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No. 28, London Wall; by Mr. John Ta 5 * |
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A number e of tis wire ws deeply 1 with the
Ignorance and vice of m 2 e
duty to ſnew to the generà on to come 1 aiſes'- e
ſtrength, and his wonderful works Which he hath dens and to.
aſſiſtance to thoſe parents who are but ill qualified, to make t
their children; and to endeavour to bring thoſe; bol Parents 2
dren, into the way "of 9 who are E on 3 in I 5 n and
folly. Having met- together, t ws Pre 1
Society for conducting Sabbath Tr ools. .
1798, regulations were made, and oficers, choſen, k Wer
pointed; and ſchools gpen ned; | ſchools, i in towns and the Ot
villages, 1528 ten in mu , And put 99 chile children ——_ —
Fug” arg taught the catechi $, hic am
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tion to pay. a. maſter for teaching theſe children to read on the week May

ra this ſchool.
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the. Vicar and Churchwardens going about to ſolicit do.
par th, ſubſcriptions to defray. the expence of a Sunday's fechool
E they. 3 begun they got more than n. Thie
be w holly; under epiſcopal management.
I hope, £ ery .the efforts chriſtian nevolence in this ee natives,

together + * the j ju 2 20 God which are abroad in the earth, will,

Divine 9 and — have the good effect of
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forward to that happy time when there ſhall be nothing to hurt or deſtroy.
Ex Ma ae weh eg conducting your valuable gong”
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not an! 1 5 5 82 . to up the rifing generation in his fear,
R in God is pleaſed to bring many Parents under the joyful
- found of the pel, in Tees of having their Children educated.

And we 2 to ſee both Miniſters and La OT Jag in”
Gr rat if IDES Teures . oy

Children are now. ediica ing in the Sunday „ lately :
eftabilithed* It the new Chapel, l and it is e a lenz at.

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tion that the great Object of this Tnfkttut ion is; to prepare den
rexl piety, and apns sd miwanny tor the Wade of; Th l
in this end, ſtrict attention has been given, by ibe

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ö was inyrveCoFaaney why Logs 5 end its" genera} |

proper; however; td ment
young. men of

different Committees, appointed to ſuperintend the affairs of the Academy,

aided by the Tutors, to the religious charater and abilities of thoſe yo
men who have — — on Theology, and aber v

ſciences, have bern regularly given by Pr. Williams; the Divivizy Tutor:

and on xlaſſical literature by tbe Rev. Mr. Phillips. The; friengs of the

Inſtitution, who have attended the- annual examinations. bave been much

gratified by obſerving the. improvement, which has beem made by the

Students, in the different branches of knowledge, to which their attention -
has been directed. They have ally had the pleafure to obſetve, and learn,

that the general deportment of t
and their public exerciſes of
rious doctrines of the Go

ous attachment to the peculiar and glo-

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Under the direction of the divinity Tutor, the Senior ſtudents, have been
employed on the Sabbath in ſpreading the Goſpel in Towns and Villages
adjacent to the Academy. Theſe exertions have been very uſeſul already.

Ty che general, 24 or 3.5 places haue been ſupphied. in rotation, Anh ten
d by them, are likely to become very reſpectable. A Chapel has been

young men is expreſſive of ſolid piety,

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congregations, one at Doneaſter, and another at-Thorne, which: bave been
rate

already erected at Doncaſter, which was opened in June 2798 z-and-anothen .

in the: fame year, at Weſt» Melton. It is alſo highly neceſſary that one
ſhould-be built at Thorne. The junior Students have been-alſu;employed
in attending prayer mertings, held in the adjacent villages, eſpreially on

the evenings of the Lord's lay, in which they generally addreſs the com-

mg by 2 t. 8 and a

Nees. MUG £909 d to . ß , ²— ˙ T4.
It cannot be expected that a plan of education, ſo liberal and extenſive
as the preſent, ſhould be carried into full effect without confiderable ex-

pence.* We therefore hope that this confideration will induce many the

rally to exert themlelves for carrying an this. defrable-and import: KS

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ON Wedneſday 28th September, was held at * the Autumn
mon was preached by Mr. Adams, of Sarum, from Heb. ii. 4 ;
paſt x on Wedneſday morning, a Congregation of near 400 people met,
and Mr. Allen, of Pusfield, in New Engtand, preached from Rev. ii. .

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| Mecting of the Hampſhire Aſſociation, © On the preceding . 2

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At noon, Mr, Kingfbury, af Southampton, delivered a diſcourſe on the

reſurrection of the dead, from 1 Cor. xy. The Lord's Supper was af--

terwards adminiſtered to the members of the different churches in the con-
nefion, and to Chriſtians of various denominations, epiſcopalians, preſ
byterians, methodifts, and baptiſts, who were . preſent on the occaſion.
Ei ht Miniſters engaged in the courſe of the adminiſtration, There was
public worſhip again in the evening; and Mr. Steven, of London,. ad-

Upon auditing the accounts, to the zoth of June 2799, there ap-
prars to be a eg of 2971, 205, dus to the Treaſurer, 4

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ng on the hands of the Preſbytery,! to the off ce of che mil
y, And to the [paſtoral charge of thar « | Mx. of
- So, preached the ordination ſermon, fr er. BY: ig He" then
aſked the queſtions in the formula uſed in che geceſſion Church: offered
E —— prayer, and concluded wich à ſolemn addreſs to Mr.
omſon, to fulfit the miniſtry he had received of the Lord Jeſus Ohriſt,
and to teſti me 3 the Goſpel of the Grace of God. Mr.
Daviſon, © fucceeded and preached - ap > - fern from
3 5 1 ad ate diſmiſſed the congregation in he
y of Coldſtream had, in concurrence with thee: congrega-
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but Ehave experienced: the. truth of e When thay pallet

| through the watefs, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they; ſhall

burned, neither ſhall the flame Kindle upon thee.”
with me, O he is indeed © pod God:.

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Being viſited at his own deſire by a Chriſtian friend, with whom. he had

enjoyed much religious fellowſhip, he thus addreſſed him, My dear Bro-

ther , Ian glad te ſee you, I longed to fee you, that we might re-
joice together in our dear Redeemer, ' O what has wy dear Redeemer done
now; we have often my dear
Your prayers have ve often, eee heart, but what I now enjoy ex -

cceds\all I ever felt before. This is the reality of our. bleſſed religiond this
is the over of. God ! O, nothing leſs than the power. of God could,.make
me a once rebellious ſinner rejoice, as I now do in my F be. -
Crepoutia the ſame ſeveral times.) 1 long

to be gone, to be with my dtar Redeemer. Oh how ſhall I love him,

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exert it, if I had opportunity in telling poor periſhing ſinners what comfort
1 enjoy in my dear — On 7 am ing to my dear Redeemer.
Let it be told, oh! let it be told to poor ſinners, when I am dead, what
Chriſt has done for my ſoul: and at my funeral let that fweet hymn be

bungs that crawns my dear Redeemer: Lord of All.” The rapid ptogreſs of

his diſorder prevented np range regular converſation, though at intervals,
ke very frequently expreſſed bimſelf mn the ſame animated manner till May
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Wich hymns the ſacred cradle; deck,
Which eaftern Ae mere;

with gold! |
The mighty wonders heed.

Which Bards in vifionary ſcenes held:
An unknown tar leads on” the auſpicious

morn:

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dee with fmiles the glorious birth!

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And, like the „ blooms euch barren |

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And love'vf battle, ceaſe! |
The tumult and the rage of wars,
Be huſh'd in r Pxacs!

Silen& ! diſtracted world: attend, veg
God does again in the efron

He comes not ſo of old he came, .
Wrapt in terror, clad in flame L.-

When, with th* almighty burthen preſſ'd
All Sinai trembled, and God confelT's.

Kind and bountebus he appears,

Exciting love, diſpelling tears;

Pity ing, gentle, tender, mild;
And leaft he ſhould too awful —

Dreſt. in paternal Majeſty, 5 .

Puts on the i image of a child!
An humble title condeſcends to on,

And David's Lord reſgus for David"s Sm

Ph! chou afflicted boſom ! be at reſt !
No tear be ſcen; be ev*ry 2 ſuppreſt
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[ORD i in thy preſence we appear

To cylebrate the op aing year 3: 40
Thy name we pralſe while we cunſeſe
Thy ſpaxing goodnefs and thy, grace,
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What ſongs of praiſes ſhall we King | ;
To thee our Father, God, and Kings

A year of bleflings we have ſeen, - +
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Bet ab! haw little fruit we ee
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Dosras, my Soul, how ſtands thy "PR
Should Death diſmiſs thee now ?

{Shall Heav'n or Hell decide thy fate?

1 And deſt thpu dong to know?

Come let us ſearch in Grace's ſchooly
Who are the ſons of God ;

Examine cloſe by Scripture rule,
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MEMOIR O THE Lark REV, THOMAS BRYSON.

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R. THOMAS BRYSON was bon at Dajkeith, in
Scotland; his parents, though poor; wers honeſt
and induſtrious.;! and gave hin an education equab to what
in general falls to the ſhare of children in ſuch circum-
ſtances. About the age bf fourtetn he. was apprenticed
to a ſilk dyrr in London; While in this ſttuation he went
to hear the Rev Mr: Mad, at the Little Minories church,
under whoſe miuiſtry, it ig underſtond: he firſt received the
ſaving knowledge af the tiuth. , The family in which he
lived uſed to attend the garim church, and he'accotnpanied Vp
them, at leaſt; oc un the Ln s gay, thouglt reluatily, _——
as the tenor of the _pa6achihy (was inen to his views gx
divine truth. „KK
After he bad bren-fometine ubdes Sicut impreſſions, ne
joined the ſociety in Je ry ſtreet, under the care of the late
Rev. Mr. Aldridge... It was in one of the diviſions of that "9
ſociety the writer of this memoir firſt became} acquainted: =
with him; for there was ſomething ſo ſerious, and at the if
{ame time ſo honeſt and ſimple in his: manner, that be 8
much attracted his attention: :
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alſo exhortations were delivered; theſe proved a nurſery”
to the opening talent of Mr. B. and ſome other young
men, who afterwards went into the miniſtry, both in the
eſtabliſhment, and among the diſſenters: Some of theſe
who were much attached to each othey, ufed frequently to,
meet at Mr. B.'s mother's,, where they ſome. times gave
their thoughts upon a paſſage of ſcripture, and at other
times upon a queſtion in the 1 $ ſhorter catechiſm.
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MI. B. now began to preach occaſionally, and being

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conſidered as a young man of promiſing abilities, he was

he preached with acceptance; inſtead of ſending him im-
mediately to college, ſent him to Braunſtone, in Northamp-

cde᷑onſhire. Here he aboured with r e zeal, preach-
ng almoſt w. night in the week, be

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and for the improvement of his min daga.
About January, 1780, he was removed to Yelvertoft, in

the ſame county; three months after to Stamford, in Lin-

colnſhire, and from thence to the college in Wales. His

ſtay here was, like that of moſt of his contemporaries,
put ſhort; as he ſoon after was ſent to Vork, from thence
to Lancaſter, and then into the Weſt - of England. In all

_ thoſe places he was conſtant and zealous in preaching, and
there is every reaſon to believe that he laboured not in

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Aſter a while we find him at Derby, where alſo he was
at firſt ſueceſsful; but ſome unpleaſant diſputes ariſing, a

ſeparation was the conſequence. Here, however, he be-
came acquainted with a Miſs Brownrigg, whom he after-
Wards married, and who proved a prudent and affectionate
wife and mother. She died on May 22, 17953 four of her
children died in infancy, One daughter ſurvives to lament

the loſs of both her parents. May the feur and bleſſing of

their God be her portion!

From Derby he removed to London, in obedience to a

call in Providence, to the independent meeting in the new

road, St. George's. in the eaſt; where; being ſettled as paſ-
tor, he applied himſelf to the duties of his ſtation with
eat zeal and diligence; preaching three times on the
rd's-day, and once in the week; beſides having one

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night for prayer, and another for chriſtian eonverſation.—

He preached alſo occaſionally at many other places in Lon-
don and its vicinity ; for though he had a ſettled charge of

His own, he embraced every opportunity of going about and
doing good. His journey through the county of Kent a few

fummers ago is well known. His intention was to pro-
claim the glad tidings of the Goſpel in the dark parts of

that county. [Accordingly he went forth, preaching-in all
the places: where he could get acceſs, ſometimes in rooms,
and at other times in the open air. Thus was he inſtant in

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ſeaſon and out of ſeaſon, earneſtiy deſirous to awaken im-
penitent ſinners, and bring them to Chriſt. And it is with

pleaſure we add, that his labours were not only. generally.
acceptable, but alſo uſeful, as the many ſeals to his miniſtry '

_ witneſs, both in his own and other congregations. - The
honourable and yoluntary teſtimony of many of the church

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and congregation over . Which he preſided, and the many

tears which they ſhed round his grave, evince that he was
much eſteemed and beloved by them for his work's fake.”

As a man, he had ſtrong mental powers, and an enlarged _
capacity, often penetrating into ſubjects with a peculiar _

acumen. When in health he was rather of a chearful dif-

poſition than otherwiſe. He did not caſt a ſhade over re-
ligion by ſullen filence or gloomy melancholy ; and thorzh 5
he was ſometimes ſmart in his repartees, yet the circle in
which he moved was profited, as well as enlivened, by his

converſation...

As a chriſtian, his jud ment was ſound in doctrinal truth. -

He had not learnt his n any human ſchool; his
mind being illuminated by the bright rays of divine reve-

lation. But it was not the theory of chriſtianity only that

he knew; his heart was deeply impreſſed with its power

and purity ; and his walk and converſation were ſuch as.
became the goſpel of Jeſus. His conſcience was tender,

and thoſe who lived with him can teſtify, that he was very
conſcientious in the performance of duties which many con-
ſider as trivial; and which, in their view, may be neglected
without cruniaality.. ß. 45 8

As a miniſter, he poſſeſſed conſiderable abilities. He was

fond of ſtudy, and by cloſe application, had laid a good

foundation for the diſcharge of his important work. He

had not only made himſelf acquainted with the learned

languages, but was well ſkilled in theological controverſies,
and eccleſiaſtical hiſtory. - He did not loſe his time in tri-
fling converſation, unneceſſary viſiting, and uſeleſs purſuits ;

but always was endeavouring to add ſomething to bis in-

tellectual ſtore. An intimate friend with whom he lived

during the latter part of his time, has obſerved, that he

hardly ever ſaw him fit two- minutes together without a
book in his hand; and that his manner of reading was not
deſultory, but, he endeavoured to make himſelf maſter of
the ſubje& as he went on, „

One thing deſerves to be recorded, and indeed imitated,
which is, that he made all his ſtudies ſubſervient to his pul-
fit work, Though he was very fond of natural philoſopby,
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| ſtory, rhetoric, &c. yet, inſtead of r Ja things lead'
him from his favourite work, he made uſe of them as ſteps

t arrive at truth, and found himſelf thereby the more
able to ftate and defend it. It is alſo to be remarked, that
though he poſſeſſed a quick invention and ready utterance,
Fet his' ſermons: generally ſhewed that he ſtudied, and well

| inveſti ated his ſubje&, before he came into the'pulpit: -

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He had not indeed a ſtrong voice, nor did he think that

vociferation was always neceſſary. | But the variety which
he always produced, his alarming addreſſes to the conſcience

of the impenitent, his keen reproofs to the formal hypocrite,
the conſolation he tendered to the diſtreſſed mind, together
with the animation and zeal he always manifeſted, made
hitieceptable to tlie friends of goſpel: truth. Few men
were ever more faithful than he was in the diſcharge of his

_ , commiſſion, either in the pulpit or out of it. And it is a

fact, that the ſtrong manner in which he would ſometimes

_ © enforce the truth, cauſed many * to he offended at him.“

Aſter all, however, that we haye ſaid of his knowledge,

a piety; and zeal, we' would not offer up the incenſe of adu-

ation at the ſhrine of any human being. He was a man of
Itke paſſions with others. He had a natural acerbity of tem-

per, which was ſometimes a fource of grief both. to himſelf .
And his friends. This, we believe, was heightened by the

weakneſs of his animal frame, and the indiſpoſition to which
he was frequently fubje&. But here may we not aſk, Have

not the beſt of men their infirmities, and would not- our
friend have been an extraordinary character if he had been
without? Let us, then, drop the tear of ſorrow over the evil

effects of fin in our nature, while candour buries the re-
membrance of thoſe faults from which none are abſolutely
Exempt in the preſent ſtate. —His bodily habit was always
Ipare, and to appearance, conſumptive. He was very
neglectful of himſelf, not only by labouring beyond his
ſtrength; but alſo in expoſing himſelf to the cold and wet
after preaching; often going without a great coat even in
winter, and only ſmiling at the remonſtrances and ſolicitude

of his friends, who wiſhed him tobe more careful of him-

felt. In the ſummer of 1798, finding himſelf but weak he

went into Scotland, in hopes the change of air would be

ferviceable to him. He returned much recovered, and again
engaged in his public work. After this he reſided at Hack-
ney for ſome months, until the return of his diforder, which
occafioned his removing nearer to his meeting. But he had

not long left Hackney before he ſound his complaint ſo

much

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MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS BRYSON. 93

much incteaſed that he was obliged "finally to give up

preaching. The laſt ſermon he delivered was on Fe.

bruary 3, 1799, from John vi. 35. I am the bread,” &c.
Once aftet this, however, he adminiſtered the Lord's ſupper,
which hs Marth the 3d following. This was the laſt ſer»
vice he p
on the ſubjects of life and death, and ſpoke in ſueh an af-
fecting and feeling manner as to make a laſting impreſſion
' on then oſt his hearers,s sss. one g
He was no ſooner confined to the houſe than a painful
conflict began in his experience. Death had always in ſome
meaſure been to him an object of dread, not ſo much the
iſſue df it, as tlie article of death itſelf. It is pleaſing to our
families and chriſtian friends, and very 'defirable for our-
ſelves, that we ſhould not only enjoy in our dying hours a
calm” and ſerene frame of mind, ut alſo that we ſhould
poſſeſs ſuch a ſtrong aſſürance of our intereſt in Jeſus, and
ach a ſweet and heavenly foretaſte of glory as to be crying,
„Why is his chariot ſo long in coming?“ This is the de-
lightful experience of ſome, but this was not altogether the
privilege of our deceaſed friend. His laſt ſcenes were, for
the moſt part, painful and trying. For ſuch was the nature
of his diſorder, that it depreſſed his ſpirits, and rendered him
incapable of converfing with his friends who wiſhed to ſee
him. Accordingly. he admitted but few, obſerving, that
a number of friends would come to ſee him gut of affection, aud
expect him to converſe with them, but that he really was not
. One who was near him throughout his laſt ilineſs gives
the following account :—Aprit 15, he ſaid, I am finking
apace.— What can all theſe ſenſations mean? My work
appears to be finiſned. The Lord make me reſigned to the
whole of his will!“ April 16, his mind was dark and uncom-
fortable, and he ſaid, O my Father, have pity, will a gra-
cious God lift up the light of his countenance upon me?“
April 19, he ſpake much of the love of /God in Chtiſt, and
exultingly cried, © Other refuge have I none.” The fol-
lowing day he ſpake nearly theſe words, For whether we
live, we live-unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die
unto the Lord; whether we live therefore or die, we are
the Lord's :” Rom. xiv. 8. * Bteffed words, Lord, ſeal
home theſe truths to my ſoul, and then thy will be done!“
A little after he ſaid, © Lord, take from me all doubts, and
thoſe gloomy thoughts of the grave Lord, keep ine from
ſinning.“ April 21, he took his friend by the hand, and
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g * expreſſive looks ſaid, 1 am a dying man 1 here

rge to leave with you. Give my ſove to all my dear

prone, tell them I thank them for all their kindneſs 5 me;

they can do no more for me: hope the will be Kind to
my little: girl.“ On the 22d he ſaid, ** This it heaventy

| work * and continued upon the whole more comfortable,

h not without ſome intervals of conflict, till the even-

ing of the 24th, when his breath ſuddenly ſtopped without

He was buried May 2, in the ground adjoining

XY 83 ſurrounded by a large congregation of mourners

and ſpectators, who, as already hinted, expreſſed much con-

cern and ſeriouſneſs. Mr. Matthew Wilks gave an addreſs,

and Mr. Crole engaged in prayer. On Lord's-day afternoon,
May „ Age Mr. Tenland PAGE his a Groen Tous |
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oth the nes of the goſpel. In 1792 he publiſhed, an
animated addreſs to youth. In 1794 ſeveral ſermons on the

8th-chapter to the Romans, and fince, a funeral wy for |
the late Rev. Mr. Alldridge." op,
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« Let your ſpeech be always with grace, ſeaſoned with fal-

WW HEN we contemplate the dignity and importance :

of the chriſtian character, conſidered in its relation

to Chriſt our living head, from whom all its glory, and all

its excellence are derived; we are cbnſtrained to acknow-
ledge that it ought to be e ee of every believer
in Jeſus, to act in all points conſiſtently with the high

rank to which he is exalted; and to maintain his impor-

tance in the eyes of an obſerving world. We do not mean

by this, that he ſhould behave with fupercilious diſdain, or
forbidding reſerve towards thoſe. who. are not partakers of

the privileges he enjoys; for a diſpoſition of this kind, by
whomſoever manifeſted, is ſo very different from real dig-
nity, or true greatneſs, that it is the true, characteriſtic of
a little mind, and will always draw down contempt inſtead

of reſpect upon its poſſeſſor. Far, very far, e uch a ſpirit

from the humble followers of a meek and lowly Saviour;

rather let them ſtudy to convince the world by their lives
and converſation, that the religion of the goſpel is a religion

of univerſal love and unbounded- benevolence ; and that
although the errors or the wickedneſs of man, may ſome-
times have concealed her beauties under a maſk of gloomy
ſuperſtition, ſhe is, when viewed in her own undiſguiſed
form, altogether amiable ; and worthy of the admiration and
love of every rational and immortal creature.
It was with this view that the inſpired Apoſtle gave to

his Coloſſian converts the injunction which we have ſelected
for our motto: Let your ſpeech be always with grace, ſea-

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ſioned with alt“ Perhaps the; word! grace. in this connec.
80 tion may bear, a double acceptation* it may, primaril + be. +
fer fo the grace / Gad, and ſignify, that this ſhould: _

of fin, and the heavy yoke of Satan, and brought us into
the glorious 18 exalted privileges of the ſons and

\ |) daughters of the Lord Almighty ; and that it ought. to be

* whoſe ſervice we find to be perfect freedom.
But it may alſo imply that our, ſpeech ſhould be grace/ul

which cangot fail to diſguſt; but conforming to the ſocial

by mixing the law of kindneſs, and the mildneſs of affabi-
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affections, while we ſtudy to promote the immortal inte-
reſts of thoſe with whom we aſſociate. Religion is by no
means an enemy to the charms of elaquence, or the xetine-
metits of true politeneſs; and we will venture to aſſert, that

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excepted) that can ſurpaſs, and but few that can equal, the
ſociety and converſation” of a ſele& party of chriſtians,

. Whoſe minds have been cultivated by a liberal education,
and expanded by the; grace of Gd.
Hut, leſt ſome of the preceding remarks ſhould be thought

by any. to give a ſanction to trifling or uſeleſs diſcourſe, we

your ſpeech be. ſeaſoned with ſalt.” To enter more
fully into the meaning of this expreſſion, it may not be

and firſt, it is calculated to give a pleaſing reliſh to our
food, and render it more ſavoury and delightful to our
palate, Now, the mental appetite of every regenerated

| fined; and fitted to receive its only or chief enjoyment,
from ſpiritual and divine things; and this hunger and thirſt

creaſe the more it is gratified. Surely then, this verſe in-
tmates to us, that we ought to feed this deſire of the ſoul.
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always make a part, and à very diſtinguiſhing part, of tlie
| chriftian's\converſation; that we ſhould delight to talk of
| that wonderful love which has reſcued us from the bondage
4
tte conſtant deſire of our ſouls, and the uniform aim of |
1 our tongues, to bring others to taſte that grace which we
have proved to be the only ſource of real happineſs; and
to ſexve that maſter, whoſe yoke we know to be eaſy, and

in tlie common acceptation of the word; never affecting,
nor indulging that ſour auſterity and cynical moroſeneſs,
habits and innocent chearfulneſs of civilized life; and thus,

with our words, we ſhould endeavour to conciliate the

this life can afford no enjoyment, (communion with God

haſten to the latter part of the apoſtolic advice: Let

amiſs to notice a few of the moſt uſeful qualities of ſalt; |

perſon is, in a greater or leſs degree, ſpiritualized and re- ]

after righteouſneſs, (as it 1s ſtiled, Matt. v. 6.) will in.

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on CHRISTIAN: CONYERSADION:*- 97 or

jn ourſelves: and others, by dwelling upon fuch topics as
are moſt full of the favour of religion; and highly ſeaſoned: |
| (if I, may be allowed the expreſſion) with goſpel truth _ .
piety.— Again, another of the' diſtinguiſhing virtues of alt,
is to preſerve from Corruption and putrefaction; and does
not the figure here uſed by the apoſtle taken in this ſenſe,
imply that the diſcourſe of chriſtians ought to be ſuch as.
may, have a tendency to keep themſelyes and their con-
nexions from falling into the vices and follies of the world;
and from being tainted with the corruptions which are there-
in, through luſt? Would it not be our wiſdom, my dear fellow
travellers towards Zion, to endeavour daily to fix our at-
tention, and engage our minds upon thoſe things wllich
may more and more draw-off- our affections from earthly,
and ſettle them upon heavenly objects; and to be conti-
nually ſeeking a greater proffeiency in the language of that
country wherein we hope we have an eternal inheritance, =
purchaſed for us by the precious blood of Chriſt? _—
It may, however, by: way of cantion be remarked, that =
although the converſation of the chriſtian ſhould in all com-
panies be ſuch as may adorn the doctrines of God his Sa-
viour; and-diſtinguifh him from the-triflers of the world:
pet, the more ſavory and experimental parts of religion are
not to be. promiſcuouſly and injudiciouſly introduced in
every place to which the common affairs of life may call
him, but ſhould be brought forward in their proper ſeaſon ;

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chiefly, when a ſociety of believers are met together, and Wo)
having ſhut out the world and all its little concerns are, be):
or ought to be, employed in magnifying their beloved 1
Lord, and relating to each other what he has done for i

their ſouls, 85 | “VV a =
That at ſuch. times, and in ſuch company, unprofit- 1
able diſcourſe ſhould ever be countenanced, 54 à circum- 1

ſtance that can never be ſufficiently lamented ; and ſurely
we may without danger of offence, venture to ſay that it iN
behoves every believer to be careful that the chearfulneſs _ I
and joy which ſuch interviews are naturally calculated to BY
inſpire, be not ſuffered to degenerate into levity; this watch- 7

fulneſs is more peculiarly incumbent upon Miniſters of the i

Goſpel. To theſe, as ſhepherds ſent by Chriſt, the ſheep 1
of his flock are continually looking up for example, as well , Mt
as for inſtruction: and, although we acknowledge that this 5 1 g

idea is carried too far when it leads us to expect the per-
fection of angels, from thoſe who are ſubject to the infir- *

mities of men; we are yet perſuaded that, when kepft 1
5 ä | Ne OY | 1 within _

At not unnatural for-a'bghever to regard his Miniſter's con-

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within dae bounds, it in Certain!) teafonable ; Sor fiodby the: - |
teacher ought to be wiſer than the ſcholar. | The ſhepherd
may be expected to know more than the flock ;-and as

4 example is known to be mere prevalent than Precept, is

verſation as a ſort of vocabulary by which he may regulate his

don? How diſtreſſing are the reſlections of a priva cha-

| racter in the er of Chriſt Ls ion here, Fork the writer:
peaks from ul experience:) how much more ignant |
: -_ be the Ra of a F. when, e ein 4
pary of his fellow "Gfciples, and'examining what benefit he -

as received, or imparted in the interview, he is conſtrained
to icknowledge to Enis God, and to his own conſcience;
that he has fu vrod the hours to paſs away without intro-

dueing or promoting any topic that could tend to the im-
provement of his on mind, or the edification of his com-

panions! O that the great Head of the Church may con-
deſcend to bleſs theſe feeble hints to every reader; that we
may all reſolve, (in dependarice upon divine affiſtance,)
Henceforward to make it our habitual 58 and our con-
fant prayer to cultivate ſuch ſubjects of diſcourſe in our ſo-
cial interviews, © wherewith one may edify another; and
thus to imitate, as far as his grace ſhall enable us, the ex.
_ of him who 225 as never man 9 1
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HE Ker. Mr. Samuel Davies, - .in Hanover County,

Virginia, who was for ſome time in England, pub-
Fiſhed a ſmall pamphlet in 1751; which he ſtiles, The
State of Religion among the Proteſtant Diſſenters in Vi-
gima,” in which, among other e he menen
this ſingular caſe, viz: -
There is one Tſaac Ser hers: a idle af a man,
whoſe hiſtory, could I write it intelligibly to you, would be
very entertaining. He has been deaf and dumb from his

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of ſo abſtract and ſpiritual; a nature, that the; firſt notions. of

them can never, be.conveyed by this-obſcure medium: and

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reaſon to believe he is truly gracious, and alſo acquainted

with moſt of the doctrines of chriſtianity, and many mat -

ters of fact related in the hiſtorical part of the bible. I,
myſelf, have ſeen him repreſent the crucifixion of Chriſt, the
ſwallowing and ejection of Jonah by the whale, &c, in ſuch
1 ſigns, that I could not but underſtand them. Some
of his ſigns, whereby he deſcribed heaven and hell, were

A. Fe mẽ : but many of them about other things
a

1 could-make nothing of. Thoſe that live in the houſe with

him can hold an intelligible converſation with him; and he
with them, upon moſt of- things, with ſurprizing readinels ;
and he has undoubtedly the moſt fignificant geſtures of any
man I ever ſaw in my life, which his relations underſtand by
repeated obſervation, and uſe them to communicate their
thoughts to him. There is ſo much of the devout ardour of

his ſoul diſcovered in him at times as is really affecting; and

I have ſeen; him converſe in figns about the love and ſuffers
ings of Chriſt till he has been tranſparted with earneſtneſs,.
and diſſolved into affectionate tears.; Mr. Morris, arr 3
whom he lives, has told me, that 7/aac informs him that he
had theſe diſcoveries of divine things made to him while
in bed, probably in a dream; and that eight years ago he

appeared remarkably changed in temper and conduct. He

ſeems ever ſince very conſcientious in the whole of his be-

haviour; generally delights to attend public and domeſtic

worſhip, though he cannot hear a word; and is obſerved,
ſometimes, to retire for ſecret devotion ; though he ſigniſies
that he is praying with his heart, when about his buſineſs or

in company; which is peculiarly-praQicable to him, as in

all places he enjoys the undiſturbed ſerenity of retirement.

He diſcovers an expert genius in thoſe things he is capable

of, particularly in ſundry mechanical employments; and

his paſſions ſeem very vigorous: in any paſſionate emotions,
his whole viſage and all his geſtures are ſurprizingly ex-

preſſive of the temper of his mind; ſo that he ſeems to ſtand
a — the leaſt need of the faculty of ſpeech of any man I have
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to mention that certain intelligence has been received,
| the death of Dr. Chandler Robbins, of Plymouth, Maſ-
ſachuſetts, in America. This valuable man of God con-
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ſeemed to be firſt under religious impreſſions ; for he was then obſerved
to be frequently taking the bible and looking into it: and ever ſince he
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other good books, with great intenſeneſs; and ſometimes points with his fin-
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thy of diſtinQ notice. If you put a book into his hand inverted, he will im-
mediately turn it into a proper poſition, When a hiſtory, or the like, is
put into his hand, after looking into it a little while, he throws it away,
with ſigns of its uſeleſſneſs; but give him a bible, though it. were of a ſize *
and character he never ſaw before, or ſome other good book upon religious
ſubjects, he hugs it in his boſom with ſigns of the moſt endeared appro-
bation. He intimates, by ſigns, that the Almanack treats of the ſun,
moon, and ſtars, the weather, &c. T have opened the bible in Jonab, and
ſhewn it him; and after a little peruſal, he has given me a very lively de-
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account of his ſpiritual tate; or coniforts at the time of bis
departure: But, that his loſs was equally deplored by the
people of his charge, and tlie inhabitants of the town -t

may, however, be intereſting to ſome, and] hope inſtrüctite.

to all, to infert the following extract from the laſt letter 1

twelve months before his death. - eee

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have, indeed, my good brother, enjoyed but very little”. |
health for a great many months paſt; Naturally of a feeble*

conſtitution, it has pleaſed a merciful and righteous God to

viſit me with a greater degree of weakneſs and bodily in-

diſpofition for twenty months paſt tlian I ever experienced

before, ſince my fetilement in the miniſtry ; and With dik-

orders of a different kind from what T have had before:
which, though not extremely painful, yet have been at-
tended with a very. great degree of lowneſs and depreſſion of
ſpirits; a diſcouraged and diſheartened ſtate of mind: ſo

that I have been incapable of any fort of cloſe attention to

any ſubje& or bufineſs. But I can ſay in all this ſeries of
trials, the greateſt of them all has been ſuch a want of that

entire, ſweet, joyful reſignation to the will of God as would

make me as wilſing to be fick as in health, eſpecially ſince
this is his will. O what a painful, what a horrible burden,
as well as fin, it is to feel the leaſt degree of impatience-
under the red of a heavenly Father, who knows it is as need-
ful as food for his children: Hence, to be in any meaſure
diſcontented - with his dealings, and not even to rejoice in
tribulations which He ſends, who is infinite Rectitude itſelf,
who is Love, argues ſuch baſe ingratitude, folly, and wicked-
neſs, as wants a name ſuitably to expreſs its malignity and.
vilenefs. Indeed, my Brother, when I have felt a ſad degree
of the workings of ſuch a ſpirit, it has brought an additional.
_ darkneſs and gloom upon my mind, and led me at times to
query whether this can conſiſt with true love ta God; and
thence to a long train of diſcouraging; dark, and painful re-
flections, which

the great adverſary has not failed to take advantage of. —
O! what a world do we live in]! How unlike to that tate,
where perfect love ſhall caſt out all fear! Vet it isright.—
Lis beſt that we meet with theſe things. All is under the di-
rection of infinite wiſdom, love, and power. And as to fear,
ib is very neceſſary we ſhould exerciſe it. Let us, therefore,
fear, leſt a promiſe being Jeft us, we ſhoutd ſeem to come

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vet all this in] conſiſtence with the moſt encouraging
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friend and brother, may feel the joint operation, the ſweet

PPE are us both 15 duty and for ſuffering the will of

| This will make us good chriſtians and good mi
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will be deep humility and ſelf- renunciation before God And

this, you know, Sir, is the chief ornament, as well a

Having given you the above fragment, I will cloſe by ob-
ſerving, that it evidently diſcovers the operations of divine.
grace to be the ſame in perſons of all countries, ages, and

nent in piety. or uſefulneſs, . grow more humble as they ap-
' proach nearer to God and re And notwithſtanding the
boom which ſeems at theabove time to have hung over Dr.
R. 's mind, I truſt we ſhall hear in due time, that his end was
peaceful and triumphant. -1 am, > eur Hir, Four sj,
Hanky, Jan. 29, 1800. ROBERT P LITTLE,
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FAT "LETTER TO A FRIEND. . 5 0 10 yin
"My Dear Friend, .. |
WAS diſappointed and mortified, that. had not 8 an og
portunity of ſeeing you again at H-— before my re-
turn home; and I am not à little aſhamed of having ne-
glected you by my long ſilence ſince that period. But 3
ſhall not ſpend time in making apologies or aſſigning rea-
ſons; although I might ſoften, if not juſtify a circumſtance:
ſo calculated to create hard thoughts. The opportunity now!
afforded me of proving that I do not forget my ow-nn pro-
' feſſions, and that I am not inſenſible of your confidence,
Iwill endeavour to improve in attention to ſome objects
which I am ſure you will deem of far greater importance,
ad by which I ſhall probably make the bett aloe mer
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The flicughts"sf writing to you bas naturally brought to
my recolleckion the many ufflicting changes that have taken -
place in your domeſtic relations fince the commencement.

Ok our friendſhip.” The variety of them, and the rapidity

with which they have ſucceeded each other, muſt Hive in 13
our remembrance; as incentives to humiliation aud con. i
dence in God on this ſide the grave, and as ſources of =

gratitude to his covenant game in the ſociety of juſt men
made perfect. I ſhould not mention, nor in the' moſt dif-

tant manner advert to your days of trouble, were I not ſa-

' tisfied "as Lam; that they have been ſanctified by the un-
erring wifdom and fafthful love of our Father who is in
heaven; and” that when the deereed period of them ſhall
arrive, they will Jield you an abundant harveſt of light
and joy. If the clouds be not yet diſperſed; if yon be not
yet reſtored to your former tranquility and happineſs; if
your houſe be ſtill not ſo with God, as you are defirous it
mould be, you c nevertheleſs ſay, I truſt, with unpre-
ſumptaous confidence“ He hath made with me a cove-
nant, everlaſting in its date, harmonious in all its parts, and
ſure in all its promiſed immunities and bleſſings“ While

in one hand you have horne the cup of adverfity, which
muſt ſoon be exhauſted ; in the other you have carried the

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cup of falvation, 'which, like the widow's barrel of meal

and cruſe of oil, has ſeemed to increaſe as you have poured \

out; which cannot be decreaſed by the exigencies of time,

nor the duration of eternity, *
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compare ourſelves with others in a phariſaical view; let us
do ſo to increaſe our thankful enjoyments of the bleſſings,
by which we are diſcriminated from others. You know I
am a frequent viſitor'to the houſe of mourning ; it is an ex-
tenſive houſe * crowded with inhabitants. Some, in the
ower of their age, are pining away under accumulated
diſeaſe, and rapidly haſtening to their long home; others,
like Lazarus, are both oppreſſed with diſeaſe and periſhing
with hunger; in one apartment the huſband and wife, with
. their numerous offspring. in filence reflect upon each other
the darkneſs of the deſpair that preys within; in another
are widows and orphans making bitter lamentations over
the loſs of their chief carthly ſupport, and bewailing their
melancholy dependance on @ precarious liberality; in a
third, Rachel is devoted to weeping and deſpondency, be-
cauſe the is bereaved of her children; and . is many a
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Aliet out in life wich the beſt formed plans, with. the «faireſt =
preſpects, ang for a long ſeaſon, their progteſs ws damped
by no frowning providence; but when they had juſt riſen
do he poſſeſſion of their wiſlies, like a ſhip driven from an-
8 chor at the mouth of the haven, and forced out agaig to ſea
= by ſudden gontrary winds, they are doomed to ſpend the poor
krxemains of life in contending with the buffetings of adver-
Fty, and toſexemplify the reign of confuſion 251 woe. But
chere, I am only a viſitor, not a reſident. No, the lines
are fallen unto me in pleaſant places. I have; a goodly he-
ritage I ſhould greatly rejoice, were you able to adopt this
Language in its full meaning; nevertheleſs, try how happ
you can make yourſelf by contraſt. Think not ſo. much
of what you have loſt as of what is left; and learn the leſ-

Ions of contentment and gratitude from the far werg tier
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One here, and one hereafter to be foun gd
One in his own meek boſom here n earth, .
Au oe in Abe mee, at bis future bft.
I am juſt/ returned from a viſit to my poor friend Corne-

lius, He is now poor indeed! Although laſt month he was
as happy as your correſpondent, in one, formed by nature,
edueation, and grace to alleviate his cares, and adminiſter
to the increaſe of his conſolation for both worlds; à ma-
lignant fever put a period to her valuable exiſtence, before
he had thought on the probability of ſuch a melancholy
event. I was at firſt fearful, (for he is a man of uncom-
monly ſuſceptible ſpirit) that ſo ſudden and weighty a ſtroke
would prove too much for a mind formed like his. But he
e to look for the hand that had inflicted it, and
aſſured himſelf that the ſame hand would ſuſtain him un-
der all its conſequent ſorrows. Two children ſurvived the
mother; two more lovely children you never knew. But
I0oon, as you have ſeen ſome tender plants in the heat of
ſummer when deprived of their protecting ſhade, they be-
gan to, droop, and in one week the ſame diſeaſe which had
proved, ſo fatal to the iuſband, attacked and ſucceſſively
deſtroyed, the. hopes of the Father. When I enquired into
the ſtate of his mind, as to theſe domeſtic afflictions, his
reply was ſhort, but ſuch as I would' never forget while
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taken away; but becauſe it is the williof God, my God:

and that all the operations of his will, are inſeparahle from
my ſecurity in his love, and my poſſeſſion of that inheri-

tance, where no diſtreſs is known or feared.” Such is the
power of religion! — and ſuch the ſuperiority of its ſubjects
amidſt the darkeſt events of life; and may I not add, ſuch

has been your ſuperiority ! In body and mind your ſtrength
has been proportioned to your day—and while you were

daeploring the wreck of created enjoyment, you could fing
_ the ſufficiency of eternal grace. Had you then lived with-

out the knowledge of ſalvation, without God, and withdut
hope in the world; you muſt have found an early grave, or
only have exemplified by your continuance in life, the

the ancient people of God, who walked upon dry land in

the midit of the; ſea, you have obtained firm footing amidſt

the ſeas of trouble into which you have been brought, and
enjoyed ſecurity and comfort where others often meet᷑ their

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. ruin, —O remember the years of the right hand of the

with penceful mind thy race of duty run; oo
God nothing does, nor ſuffers to be done,
But what thou wouldſt thyſelf, if thou couldſt ſee -

. + Through all events of things, as well as he,

Paſt mercies lay a-ſovereign claim to your future confi-

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dence, to your endleſs praiſe. In every 4;/appointment you

have experienced, adore the wiſe and gracious decree of your

heavenly Father; «duly conſider, how much you owe of

your /pirizuel riches to your loſs of temporal poſſeſſions ;
recount, if you can, the bleſſings that may be extracted
by the hand of faith from the croſſes you are called to bear;

and live in daily anticipation. of the glory that ſhall be re-
vealed after you have fought the good fight, and finiſhed
your courle, If, as is not improbable, you are ſtill to ſuf-

fer in vour relative connexions, continue your applica-

tions to the throne of God, and your reliance upon his

faithful word. Indulge no deſponding, murmuring thoughts.

Your-will find a never failing reſource in the enn of
8.—

Jeſus, an inexhguſtible plenitude of grace in his fulne
He who turned water into wine at the marriage of Cana,
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"ſome. critical | remarks on the above text. I ſubmit ta
you a few obſervations tending to eſtabliſn . ory
of the common tranſlation. © © 2,
In that chapter we are informed that paul ire Silas Ae
to Theſſalonica, where was a ſynagogue of the Jews, verſe
1-3. For three fabbaths, he proved from the ſcriptures,

that Chriſt muſt needs have ſuffered and riſen again from

the dead; that theſe things had been fulfilled in Jon's and
that he was the Chriſt.

Some Jews believed, but the gest bulk of them 8
to have been hardened, and they raiſed ſuch an uproar
that the brethren were conſtrained to ſend away PauFand
Silas by night to Berea, where alfo they began to preach
in the Jewiſh ſynagogue, verſe 10; and . iT heſe, it is added,
were more noble than thoſe in Theſſaloniea, in that the ey
received the word with all readineſs of mind, and ſearched
the ſcriptures daily, whether theſe things were ſo; 5 thers-
fore many of them believed. ?“

This is certainly the obvious meaning of the words; ner
do the arguments adduced warrant us to depart from it. —
The compariſon between the Theſſalonians and Bereane
does not reſpect the inhabitants in general, nor en We
"churches, but is wholly confined to t the Jews.

Calvin applies the 12th verſe alſo to the Theffatonians;
indeed it is evidently a continuation of the 11th, and thus

nothing is ſaid-of the ſucceſs of the goſpel in Berea, al-

though Paul's preaching there excited his perſecutors' to fol-
low him, verſe 13. Beſi des this would make verſe 12
nearly a repetition of the 4th. - All theſe difficulties ap.
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have been ſo ſhort as Calvin ſuppoſes.

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reached '

indeed. in the ſynagogne three {abbaths, but the bulk /of

the church had been idolatrous Gentiles, 1 Theff. i. 9. and
therefore we muſt ſuppoſe; that Paul having fully preached
the goſpel to the Jews, turned to the Gentiles, Acts xiii.
46; this, as on other occaſions, excited the malice and

envy of the Jews, and to this he alludes 1 Theff. ii.
Beſides, had his ſtay been ſo ſhort, how could he

needed and received repeated ſupplies from Philippi, Phil.

ir. 16. Again, had the converts at Theſſalonica

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have

en of

the moſt noble ſort of the people, would it not -have re-

fle&ed much on their liberality, that their ſpiritual

father

ſhould not only have wrought night and day to avoid woe ©
chargeable to them, .1 Theſſ. ii. 9. but ſhould alfo have his
neceſſfities relieved by another church, eſpecially as the

churches of Macedonia to which both belonged were very

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or, 2. Gor Hee

That the primary fenſe of ms is noble by birth will
not be diſputed ; but it is cuſtomary in every language to
uſe words with conſiderable latitude. Thus a le writer
or orator may either mean one who excclts in theſe arts,

or a nobleman who writes or harangues. As the word only

X

occurs in two places in the New Teftament, beſides our

text, no great ſtreſs can be laid upon the meaning

being

exactly aſcertained. Parkhurſt gives an inſtance of its be-
ing explained hy Ariſtotle, as ſometimes ſignifying gener-

ous, ingenuous.

As to the argument from the epiſtles being addreſſed to
Theſſalonica rather than Berea, i is probable the church
in the former was confiderably larger, as Theſſdlonica was
the metropolis of all the countries comprehended in the
province of Macedonia, the refidence of the | Pro-conſul,

and remarkable for the number of its 'inhabitants.

The

church there had alſo flouriſhed much, ſo that they were
examples to all who believed, in Macedonia and Achaia ;
1 Theff. i. 7, 8. It was therefore on every account the moſt
proper place to which an epiſtte, which was to be read to

all the holy brethren 1 Theſſ. v. 27. could be ſent

I

the whole, I think the Jews at Berea entitled to the honour

they have bitherto received.

Wherever the goſpel is

faithfully preached: ſome, as at Theſſalonica, will believe;
dut where the preacher is liſtened to with candour, and his

doctrines compared with the word of God, we hav

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of Cardinal Bellarmine, who aftet taking much: uſeleſs
| pains in p pleading the. cauſe of human merit, admits chat :
It is ſafeſt to truſt to the merits of Chtiſt. I ſend. you nom
a ſimilar declaration made by Cardinal Hoſffus, who, under
| Pope Pius IV. preſided at that 9 Council of Trent,
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papal church were conſirmed. That great man, when
death approached, ſeems to have e wp pendence
| His. own righteouſneſs, although he had . — ———·
- it. In his laſt will are theſe. words, .I approach the,
2 fthrone of thy grace, -O Father of mercies and of all con-

[#7 6 ſolation, to the end that I may obtain mercy, and find

grace in thy fight! I am not worthy that thou thouldeſt
« behold me with the eyes of thy majeſty ; but; as it is
« moſt worthy, that for the ſake of tis death and paſſion.
thou ſhouldeſt not only look upon me but crown me
Lalſo; it is therefore that I come unto thee, moſt dear
e Father, and that without any merit but thoſe ineſtima-
« ble ones of thy ſon Jeſus Chriſt, my Lord and my Re-
&« deemer. . I bring thee the merit of that death, wherein
* alone. I place all my hope and my confidence : that is
* my righteouſneſs, my ſatisfaction, my redemption, and
« my propitiation. The death of the 1 rd is my merit.“
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and becoming viſibly religious, met with no little
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before I was religious, I ufed to get drunk; now I am
ſober. I uſed to neglect your buſineſs; now 1 perform it
_ diligently.” The officer was filenced,/ and ſeemed to be
ſatisfied. - For, -/o is the will of God, that with WELL
DOING ye may put to filence the ignorante of fooliſh men.
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REMARKS ON 1 JOHN, XII. 44.
And he brought him to Jeſus.” _

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- compaſſionate than the people of God; their pity ex-

tends not merely to the bodies and external. calamities of

others, but they poſſeſs a noble principle of regard to their
immortal ſouls. Having participated the grace of God
themſelves, they are anxious that others alſo may become

objects of the ſame. They find ſuck excellencies in Jeſus;

ſuch glories in his character, ſuch a ſuitability in his offices,

ſuch happy liberty in his ſervice, that they wiſh to bring
their fellow mortals to him, that they may alſo admire his

| 2 taſte his goodneſs, feel the power of his loye, and
live to his praife. So it was with Andrew when he brought
Peter to ſeſus; and ſo it wilt be with every one that

knows any thing of the value of his immortal ſoul ; and
the love of his Lord and Maſter, Jeſus Chriſt. But let us

make a few remarks on this ſubject. And,

Iſt. In bringing men to Jeſus, it muſt he remembered that
we are only the :n/iruments; God is the chief cauſe: The

treaſure of the goſpel is put into earthen veſſels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God, and not of men.
The apoſtle Paul; notwithſtanding his extenfive knowledge,
his fhining talents, his uſeful labours, declares all to be of
grace. And, indeed, whatever fucceſs we have in this
way, we muſt not attribute it to the powers of aur minds;
the ſtrength of our arguments, the manner of communicat-

ing our thoughts, or the admired eloquence we may be poſ-

ſeſſed of, Iheſe are only means which would ever be fruit-

leſs, were it not for the bleſſing of him whoſe only pre- N
rogative it is, to open the eyes, and change the hearts of the

children of, men. Paul may plant and Apollos water;
but God giveth the increaſe.“ He only who made man
can create him anew in Chriſt Jeſus. He only, who fully
underſtands the hardneſs of the human heart, can foften it.
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nriſt, who hath done ſo much for us; and above all, as
another mean, let bur /zves correſpond with our lips. The
conduct is a powerful preacher, and will ſometimes make
aà greater and more lalling impreſſion than the moſt pathe-
tic harangue, the moſt eloquent ſermon. Let us unite this,
therefore, with the reſt, in order to obtain the end. But
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to Jeſus. Miniſters lead your flock to Jeſus. Shew the
miſerable ſinner that it is He alone can make him happy.
and do- him good. Bring the backſlider to him who hath
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hte to that gracious friend who bath declared he * will not
break the bruiſed reed,” nor quench the ſmoaking flax.

Parents bring your cküldren to Jeſus. What! can zou do
better for them? Will you indulge their vain deſites of

worldly. glory ? Will you ſuffer them to go on according

to the deſires of their own hearts. Will you ſutfer them to
affociate with the worſt of company, and never pray for

them; never reaſon with or exercife your lawful authority

over them? O beware, leſt natural affection ſhould uſurp
the place of ſpiritual. If you wiſh them to be happy, ho-
nourable, holy characters, bring them to Jeſus. Maſters,

point your ſervants to Jefus, You hape the charge of their

ſouls; pray with, and for them, in your families. Can you

bear to hear them take the name of Jeſus in yain, and not

reprove them? Can you quietly ſee them injuring their-own
ſouls, .and” not make one effort to bring them to Jeſus? O,

uſe the means, and-who can tell what ſucceſs you may meet

with? Children, who know the truth, and have ungodly
parents, with all conſiſtent deference, labour to be uſeful
to them. Let the love you bear to them excite you to this

duty, and what a joyful period that will be if God ſhould

make. you the inſtrument of the converſion of your beloved
parents! Yea, let every individual keep this in view; your
fituation cannot be. ſo high or ſo low, ſo conſpicuous
or ſo obſcure, but what you may do ſome good in this way;

and, for your encouragement, let me obſerve,

4th. That it is the moſt noble and honourable ſervice in,

which we can be employed, to bring men to Jeſus. There

is no character in all the world ſo dignified as he who is
thus uſeful. Janes upon the bench, Generals in their ar-
mies, Ambaſſadors in their courts, Kings upon their thrones,

all fink into nothing, when compared to the matchleſs 'dig- -

nity of ſuch noble characters; yea, Angels in glory have not
this honour, in the full ſenſe, that they have, whom God
bleſſes in this work. It is true their difficulties are many,
their enemies various, their trials ſuecceſſive; but theſe are
not worth noticing when compared with their ſucceſs, fe-
licity, aud honour; for, it is aid, they ſhall ſhine as the
ſtars, for ever and ever.” But, we obſerve, | |

Finally, That the end for which we bring men to Jeſus, }

is the moſt 8 and advantageous. Here much, ig-
deed, might be ſaid; but let it ſufficeꝰ to remark, thaf*the
I ſuch are partakers of are unſpeakable, are eternal.
They ſhall be waſhed in his precious blood, cloathed with
his

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Ne. Mr. S. of that place; he preached from Matt. vi. 13.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from eyil.”
1 took down the principal parts of his diſcourſe, the effect
of which was, under the bleſſing of the Spirit, a. diſcovery
of my {| | | |

adding to the giddy groupe on the race-courſe, though I

| ſcenes ; I ſaw horror, guilt, remorſe in his countenance.

proſtituting his fine, his almoſt god-like een and em-

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ta Jeſus. Amen. [ECITIOR.

JAM in the habit of writing ſhort hand: At the laſt

I have bidden adieu to ſuch amuſements for ever The
exordium to his diſcourſe I think peculiarly ſtriking.

ſed in my mind while ſtudying this important part of Scrip-
ture? I was led back in imagination to that intereſting
period when Adam, our great progenitor, received his
exiſtence.— I beheld him in the garden of Eden, happy
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_ difficulties. | Let us then, preachers and hearers, rich and
Poor, old and young, all unite our endeavours to bring men

David unmindful of his duty, profeſſion, or danger, the

ſelf up to idolatry, wine, and women.—lI heard a Peter

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ritual ruin and danger. It altered my intention of

came more than twenty miles for that purpoſe, and ] truſt

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in the enjoyment af God, happy in the poſſeſſion of h
neſs ; preſently afterwards I ſaw him expelled thoſe bleſſed

] heard Abraham, the father of the faithful, prevaricate, |
and tutor his wife in the arts of deception. —I beheld a

ſlave of ſenſual appetite, the intriguing adulterer, the de-
ſigning murderer. I ſaw a Solomon, the wiſeſt of mortals,

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ſwear, the diſciple ſunk into the liar, the boaſting cham-

pion changed into the: comardly ferner the friend the
companion of Jeſus, denying his Lord. Confounded and

alarmed I enquired the reaſon of this: Why Adam was
baniſhed Patadiſe ?!=Why Abraham proved unfaithful ?
How David contracted the double ſtain of infamy ?—Solo-
mon turned libertine? Peter a blaſphemer?—The Scyip-
ture told me it was owing to the force of temptation.—
From this lower world my imagination ſoared to the celef-

tial regions; methought I heard their tranſporting ſongs,

J witneſſed their extatic raptures, I liſtened to their lan-
guage, and one great ſubject of their exultation was through
manifold temptations we have entered the kingdom. From
Heaven my view was directed to the horrid gulph of dark-
neſs, I would have read their tragic hiſtory, but I durſt not;
yet, amidſt their inceſſant. howlings; one ſentiment was au-

dible, We have been led captive by the Devil at his will,

we are fallen the miſerable. victims- of temptation.“ Again,
<1 looked around mt, and I ſaw, with pain, thouſands of my

fellow men liſtening to the tale of deception, and walking

in the paths of the deſtroyer :* I anticipated their end; -my
heart trembled—Among the reſt did I forget myſelf id

J forget you, my dear brethren? No; but I ſaw both my
ſelf and You in a dangerous world, ſurrounded with enemies,

ever liable to temptations, prone to wander; and I knew

without omnipotent grace, we could not ſtand. Enough
1 felt the force of the petition, and was involuntarily led

to pray (may you all pray with me) Almighty Father, lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil...
ee SELECT SENTENCES. | =”
IME way to obtain /p:ritual bleſſings is to be importu-
1 nate for them; but the way to obtain temporal bleſ-
ſings is to be indifferent to them. Solomon had wiſdom
given him, becauſe he aſked it; and wealth, becauſe he
. ͤ 2: l Henry.
When God deſigns mercy he ſtirs up prayer. ZJdem.
When God's favours are coming toward us, we. ſhould
meet them with our praiſes. | | Iaem.
Ihey who know how to value God's favours, are beſt
prepared to receive them. wt a Jadem.

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ſon for altering our ſentiments, nor for abatement in our ap cobaticn, The |
number of ſermons in the pteſent volume is inereaſett to flxteen, in brdet
to make in the whole fiſty<two, correſponding with the number of Sundays
in 4 year, The ſübjects are: The Penitent Thief The World to came
Safety in the Ark —Excellency of the Knowledge of Obriſt— The
Heart taken—Chritt is All—Apoſtacy from Chriſt—Bicth of hrif—
Croſs of Chrift—ReſurreQion' of Chriſt—Deſcent. of the Holy Spirit
Chriſt our Benefactor— The Chriſtian Temper—Chriftian Practice Non-
conformity to the World Preparation for Death. _. e hs

We obſerve, with F though all the diſcourſes of this writer

are of a piactical tendency, ſome of the -preſent volume are 1 e
To; and we perfectly agree with the author in_the follow ing rea ſoh for this
lelection of his ſubjects: . look upon holineſs (ſays Mr. B.) as an
eſſential part of Chriſt's ſalvation, and apprehend that the principles and
duties of believers deſerve a place in our miniſtry, as well as the peculiar

doctrines and privileges of the goſpel. And, I am ſorry that there ſhould
de any advocates for the truth who are ſo ill- informed, or fo ill-diſpoſed,
as to wiſh to ſeparate what God has joined, or to treat the faithful preach-
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Indies, from March-23, 1797, to October 30, 1798; including, beſides an

account of their progreſs in the Miſſion, a variety of curious and intereſting /
articles, relative to the natural hiſtory of India, the mythology and ſuper- ;

ſtition of the Hindoos, anſwers to a variety of queſtions from the nativ
relative to chriſtianity, correſpondence between Mr. Carey and the Miſſion-

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occafioned by the Death of the Rev. S. Pearce, A. M. late Paſtor of th,

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happy dying experience are ſubjoined. We only add, that the whole are
printed for tbe benefit of Mrs. Pearce, and fove ſmall children!
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TO preſerve the preſent profeſſors of chriftianity from the fatal effects of

THESE pathetic Diſcourſes are rendered the more intereſting, by the
name of the excellent man, by whaſe death they were occaſioned ; a name

highly reſpected in the church, and which will be long remembered wit
ſenſible regret. The Sermon is founded on John xiv. 18, a text choſen by

indifference and infidelity, and to guard the riſing generation againſt an
early oppoſition to all religion, Mr. Kinghorn, with a laudable zeal, en-

forces an attendance on public worſhip, by the following conſiderations t—

* It is one of God's appointed ways of receiving the homage of his erea-

tures; has a great tendency to keep un in our minds a ſenſe of his cha-

rater and our ſituation ; is an important means of promoting religious
knowledge; is much connected with a Chriſtian's moral improvemetit and

comfart, even to the end. of Hife; and is a central point where the profeſſors. -

Mo the religion of Chrift viſibly unite as his ſubjeRs; for the purpoſes of
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folk, in the 23d year of her age. She had been married about fout years,
and poſſeſſed a tolerable ſtate of health, till the proved pregnant with her
"Aft child, which was about ſeven or ei bt months after marriage, and from
hat time till her death was more or leſs afflicted. She was the daughter of

| but pious parents, who brought hex up in the nurture and admonition
5 35 the Lord. But ſhe be not ſeem to have much ſeriouſneſs about her,
> ill within the laſt few months of her life, when in a ſtate of pregnancy with
her fecond child, to which ſhe gave life at the expence of her own. She now
_ ſeemed: to give up herſelf very much to meditation on the ſcriptures, and

made very ſerious enquiries concerning the good ways of God. She was
xen very ill about three weeks beſore ſhe was brought to beg, inſomuch
that her huſband had given over all hopes of her life. One night taking
Jeave of her, and wiſhing her a good night, ſhe looked up to him, laying,

Ahl my dear, tis hard partin e did not know how well we loved
each other till now. But I 1 ſhall ſubmit. Dying is 9 9 work But
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At this time her ſiſter, who lived at the next village, was very ill. © Oh!”
laid the, if I could fee my dear ſiſter once again, think it would be alittle
heaven below.“ She aſked for a bible, and found the 32d pſalm, and de-
ſired her huſband to read it, which he did, and in the evening, at her deſire,
— yed with her, and ſhe ſeemed pretty comfortable in mind. T he 2200
he was better, and the Lord * d her through the hour of nature's di

' culty, beyond expectation. Her — went to her after ſne was in bed
| and aſked her how ſhe did; ſhe anſwered, . Iam purely mv dear, much bet.
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you will be raiſed again.” *She'replied, “ Ak H my dear, T hope y
She gathered ftrength, though but ſlowly, and was very thankful to the
Lord for eveły day ſhe was ſpared. © She came down from her chamber on
the Friday ſe*'nnight after her delivery, appearing as well as could be ex-

the was taken worſe, with a cold fity ſhe

med better en the day following, being Sunday; but on the Monday jt

ppeared as if death had ſeized her. Her, voice was altered, ang ſhewas
rather delirious for the greater. part of this day ; her huſband going to her.
| bed-fide, ſhe held out her hand, at the fame time exclaiming, © Here ig a
poor, dear dying hand! Dying is bard work! Tis ſo hard to part“ U

Foeda ſhe ſeemed to be more compoled, and defired to ſee the Rev. Mr.

Bowers, whoſe miniſtry ſhe uſed to attend ; he came and prayed by her, and
ſhe appeared to unite with him in earneſt. She ſaid to a friend, © I'I-caſt
. myſelf at the feet of Jeſus, if I periſh, I periſn; and dwelt very much
upon the preciouſneſs of Chrift, ſaying, He is altogether lovely, the

chiefeſt among ten thouſand.” At times, however, ſhe was viſited with

doubts and fears. Once ſhe'ſaid to her father, Oh! how filly I have been
to flight the ordinances of God, and make light of the ſermons I haye

heard,” Mr. B. aſked her if ſhe loved Jeſus Chriſt ; ſhe ſaid, ſhe hoped
_the did, and wiſhed to love him more. At another time the ſaid to him,
\*© I have been thinking what an vil thing fin. is, and what ſufferings Jeſus
Chriſt bore.—What are my ſufferings compared with his? The next

day, Wedneſday, Mr. B. called again upon her, and aſked her if ſhe felt

the ſame ſenſe of the preclouſneſs of Jeſus Chriſt now: t Yes, Sir, the
; anſwered, . I hape I do. She ſeemed to be a great deal better this dag.

To another friend ſhe. fajd, ** If I could but live to do more for Jeſus

; Chriſt, to glorify God more.. Her friend. replied, «© When we have gone
. alt that we. can 4 we are unprofitable ſervants ſtill.“ That,“ ſaid ſhe,

Lam ſenſihle of. On this night ſhe was in great pain, crying «Db! |
Death, Death, come and eaſe me. Her mother Ha, 1 Von wi | on. be |

_ eaſy, child; but you muſt, wait the Lord's time. On the Thurſday morn-

ing as ſhe was dying, her huſband repeated the lines ſhe had mentioned be-
fore, Jeſus can make a dying bed, &c.,and aſked her if ſhe found it ſo.
At firſt ſhe anſwered rather confuſedly; No; but afterwards ſeemed
more comfortable, and ſaid, ! Father, take me to thyſelf.” Mr. B. again

prayed with her, and when he concluded, ſhe ſaid, „Amen and Amen,

- with a loud voice; after which ſhe aſked for her child, which being

: brought by its father, ſhe looked upon it, and then upon her huſband, with
a louk full of affectionate meaning, ſaying, Take care of it.“ She

ſeemed very compoſed and comfortable in mind, only at times her natural

feelings ſeemed, as it were, to overcome her {þ ritual ons. After this her
huſband finding that her ſpeech failed, and willing to x now the (tate of her
mind, took ber hand. in his, and ſaid, “ My dear, have you any reaſun

to hope in your expiring moments, that when you are abſent from the eqn
- = ſhall be preſent with the Lord? I know you cannot ſpeak, but if you
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eel this hope, preſs my hand: which ſhe did very hard. Aſter this
laid a minute or two, and looking up to her huſband, with an affec.

' tionate ſmile, he ſaid, ** You laye me, but I hope you love Jeſus*Carift

better; don't you?“ She again preſſed bis hand very hard. —This was
the laſt ſign that was made, for about a quarter of an hour after the de-

puted without a ſtruggle or a groan, She was imerred on Monday, April
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- thanks for the ſame, her heart, overflowing with gratitude; ſhe again ex-

"claimed e We can never praiſe him enough!” Some time after, ſhe (aid
to her father, Qh father, T am going, Iam going; I hope you will neter
judgment againſt me!” To which he replied, No, my de
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for you as you have done for ine; oh l pray for me that the Lord may re.
repeated ſome parts of God's word which
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all remaining 24 She then Vegan to take her laſt affect

leave of her family, and the friends who were preſent : © Farewell, father,
ſaid ſhe, „you will ſoon come after me. Farewell, mother.“ |
manner ſhe addreſſed her dear brothers and fiſters, and the whole company
by their reſpective names. Her mother, perceiving her quite exhauſted
with exertion, defired her io take a little refreſhment ; ſhe declined accept-
| it, giving her to underſtand ſhe had now: done with all created comfort.
er father, defirous of having the fulleſt ſatis faction as to the ſtate of her
mind, again aſked her how ſhe felt herſelf; ſhe anſwered
happy!” Afffeer this ſhe ſpake but little, but was heard t
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Oh, how good is it to baveta Saviour to go to!” Toa friend the ſaid,
% Heavineſs may endure for à night, but joy cometh in the motning.”—
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following, at her father's meeting, to a cronded and attentive audience,
from à text previouſly choſen by herſelf— Palm àxxi. 24. There was
reaſon to hope the poer of God: was felt upon this- ſolemn occaſion, and
that the great number of young people who were then preſent, and were
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THE ſabject of theſe memoirs, who died Aug. 23, 1799, was a native
of Feverſham, in Kent, where he was unhappily left an orphan, at four
years of age. An uncle, a man rather of an unmoral character, had at firſt
the care of him; But this uncle dying ſoon after, he fell ĩnto the bands of
a ſerious aunt, a diſſenter, who afforded him the firſt rudiments of a de-
cent education, and obliged him to attend the meeting with herſelf until
twelve years of age. Here, it appears, he acquired ſome knowledge of the
chriſtian religion, as to its divinity and excellence. But at this early you |
. riod, before any ſubſtantial er permanent habits were formed, he was ſent
up to London, and engaged in a houſe, where he was ſoon ridiculed, and
laughed ont of even the ſhadow of profeſſional religion ; from hence he
dated the foundation of all his ſubſequent irreligious and immoral conduct.
This ſhould be a warning to parents and youth, to take care what connec-
tions they form at ſo early a period of their lives. In this ſituation he was fur
niſhed with plenty of money, and having no one to reſtrain him from violat-
ing the Lord's - day, he ſoon became the ſubject of every vicious habit, and
at length turned out a moſt abandoned character; ſunk into debaucheries,
ſabbath. breaking, drunkenneſs, and profane ſwearing ; he now arrived at
almoſt the utmoſt extent of profligacy and wickedneſs. * oe |
+ Growing up to manhood, and having ſome moyeryy of his own, he en-
tered into buſineſs for himſelf. When, partly through ſome loſſes, but
_ Chiefly through extravagance and inattention to his affairs, he loſt all in a
very few years. Hence, being obliged to begin the world again, he be-
took himſelf to another line of life, in which he failed a ſ time; but
having retained a high ſenſe of honour, (the only virtue perhaps he did re-
rain) after his bankruptcy he paid many of his creditors their full demand,
and 1 to have paid them all, if his circumſtances ſhould ever permit. | i
About this time (I think it was) he loſt his only ſon, to whem he was much | =
attached. Though this providence did not work any ſaving change, yet 5 =
after it he certainly was conſiderably altered for the better, Bat ſtillthere ; 45
were no ſigns of a regenerated heart, no reliſh for religious convefſatio n,
no acquaintance with the word, as the power of God unto ſalvation.
However, his prejudices againſt religion began to ſubſide, and he came to
hearing; ſometimes once on the Lord's- day, and ſometimes he would vey-
ture out twice in the day, till at laſt he became a conſtant hearer three
times every Sabbath-day. Still, however, there appeared no evidence of 5
à work of grace upon his ſoul, and being a man of much natural inte- 1
prity, he was afraid that people ſhould think he was religious; but if be | FI
had any religion, it was his ſtudy to hide it, for he abhorred the charaRer 33
of an hypocrite, 1 | ; #8: og AY
More than twelve months ago he was ſeized with an alarming and dan-
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Uivine goedbeis in ſparing his life, nor g y real concern for the WlVStH0½
of Ly [however treo or: three: months before his death, having. Are:

1 — - of i his diſorders he diſcover ſome concern for. his i

| it. Happy. to hear thatochere was: ſome proſpeRt af his Cake a”

25 * vihted bim, — open and candid in the acknowle
ment of his paſt irregularities. defirous of ſpirituaſ inſtruct jon, and un
ſome convictions as to the danger of his ſtate; but notwithſtanding 21
this, we · were far from being latisfied that he had ſeen himſelf, his bo fs,
or the Saviour, in a proper point of view j much i nee, ſe}t-iufficiency,
and = hr it ſeemed ſtill to remain: Sc by the Lord ur. now (as
nthecfequel-proved) at work. upon his di ſou 3 and grad! yz in our
ſubſequent viſits, we ſound him making ſs in a deepei 0 Fes

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more earneſt dehres after his ſalvat ion, and much more lee in
:cativerſation; deflring the prayer of all, and being much refreſhed
viſits of chriſtian friends; 10 that he appeared to gain in. a. few YE $ as
{much real knowledge and ſound experience as lome-obtain in as many
years. When the Spirit of God becames teacher men learn apace. It was;now
. -evidentto all . chat a very ſingular change had taken place, dhe hat
his convictions, ſelf. diſñdence, faith and hope, were all greatly i p
las:ſome of. the following obſervations will: evince., He couſd no
« that tor life and ſalvation be relied. wholly. upen the blood of Jeſus. Git
that i he faw Chriſt in ſuch a light as he never ſaw, nor hoped to ſeg; before,;
to uſe: his own expreſſion, he: ſaw. all heapen i Chriſty and innumera able
W lamented with degp ſor-
-raw this paſt life, 4c he was inſtructed, he ſmote upon his thigh, he was
aſhamed, yea, even confounded, becauſe he did bear the reproach of his
youth.“ | He ſeemed ta think it a mercy that his converſion was delayed,
until he was in ſuch circumſtances as prevented all fear, as toa retuxn again
ußto the world and former irregularities ; frequently admiring, with much
- humility, the mercy of God, which had ſnatched him from deſtruction at
the eleventh . repeating with, ardour, 4 The eleventh hour, the ele-
venth hour!“ He was exceedinzly anxious . tor that aorances; which be
had pad peimei pl {peak of, and he believed it a privilege to be attained upon
+ Goſpel principles. We are now come to the moſt affꝭ ting, and the clobng
- 29 of al, ft and heart were rapidly failing, articulation very difficult,
- indiftip&, dug hardly. intelligible, excepting to thoſe who were daily with
bim. But as the outer man periſhed Nis {oul evidently become more en-
/ lightened, ſerene, and heavenly. With his thoughts at one time wholhy
groſſed with ſpiritual things, he fell aſleep: during this lumber he thoug! '
that he had died, and upon awaking ſuppoſed himſelf in heaven, and was
much ſurpriſed when they offered him ſomething to drink, ſuppoſing no-
. thing of s kind was wanted in the realms of bliſs ; with much fervency,
, in uucealing prayer, be continued to breathe afier God; and we hope at lait
obtained the aſſurance he ſo much deſir d; for the tatt words he was able
to utter with any diſtinction, 10 as to underitood, were thoſe of the
A Pfalmiſt, « Bleſs the Lord, O my ſoul : and all that is. within me, bleſs
his holy name. Bleſs the Lord, O my toul.;. and forget not all his benefits:
Who torgiveth all thine in quities, and who healeth all thy duteaſes.”
Soon after, this a convullive fit releaſed him fi om all :he troubles of this:
life, and, we doubt not, tran{mitted his redeemed ſoul into the manſions of
peace; there to heighten the 3 of grace, aud crown the Saviour
with eternal gjory. A. C.
Ilington, . : |

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means of grace and from her.conflant-attendance, it was the

theme, 28 FER Patt not mT a. Gol ig Fro FO TE RES 2
Ma yy Bs ka Aug a8, the was ſeized with excruciating pains in der
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owels, which medical aid woes Seda mer — He wy 2g
ay I was, preaching to deſtitute congregation. My ſupply viſited her,
My OY ag a gs fo. his fatisfaCtion, 5 * to th Rate of her
ſoul. Imazediate}y, on my return, I. went to ſce her. e e
the exclaimed t an dens Sirs Lam glad ie ſee you, I prayed thar God
would ſpare me till you+rerarned.. Dear Sir, often häte 1 withed to open
my, mind to you, and tell you wbat God had done for my ſoul; but Satan

and my own; heart preyented, under the idea that all T felt was nothing.” =

Faſked her how long ie had been concerned about her ſaul, ſhe ſaid,

e three years 1 you preached James Mitche!'s funeral fermon, fr

_ bas blefſed to m. . 3 . wo
Before I left her ſhe requeſted me to pray with her. On aſking her what
I ſhould pray for, ſhe replied, „ that God would fanctity my affliftion to

theſe words,

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and felt I wanted a new. heart; hut the tempter told me it was all nothing.

There was one ſermon I heard. in the barn at Charlton by Mr. Perry, from
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Pl. cxix, g. which was much applied to my ſoul, Many other ſermons &

me, to the family and neighbourhood ; that he would keep me from mur-
murihg, and ſpeedily take me to himſ{c}f.”* I aſked if I Thould pray for her
recovery; after a ſhort pauſe, the ſaid, 5* am afraid of my heart, leſt 1

ſhould turn aſide from the good wa ys of God, to depart anq to be with Chriſt

is far better Not my will, but thine be done. After prayer I ſaid, « you

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come quickly. I lore the people of God, and t
can tell how 1 love Chriſt ?

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appear very happy do. you hope to be happy hereafrer * : She replied,

s your happineſs ariſe frum any thing in yourſelf 2*”

% No! No! it comes from Chriſt : I am a vile ſinner, I have nothing to

recommend me; Chriſt is my all. I ſball g0.10 glory. Tome, Lord Jeſne,
| ways of God. No one

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Her parents were then weeping by her* bed *ide, and 1 Aid, ce Can you

part with father and mother, they are bear and dear?” ( Ves,“ faid ſhe,

« they are near, but Chriſt is nearer. I ſhail die and goto glory. I have

to beg you, dear Sir, to improve my death, by preaching a ſermon,” Pray
adreſs my brothers and ſiſters, my young companions, my dear father and
mother; I truſt God will apply it to their fouls. * When you ſee Betley *

K beg her to remember the things, the great things wetalked about.

On Wedneſday went to fee her again, when I fouod her happy in God,
and 'prayed with her. I-cailed again on Friday, when ſhe appeared full of
divine conlolation. Her agonics-of pain were great indeed; but her hope

full of immortality. She l exerted herſelf in addreſſing, in the

molt pathetic manner, her brothers, filers, and ſeveral who came to ſee her,

| begging them to ſeek the one thing needful. On Saturday morning I ſaw

her for the laſt time, as I was going to make an exchange with a neigh-

bouring

a few years ago a violent {train through exertion, which injared her conlti- -
tution, and frequently laid. her on 2 bed, of kckneſfs. © About five years
20 her mothet was called hy divine grace. Twelve months after her fa- :

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member.” anew. thy Creator: in the days of thy: youth. ft
another time I heard you preach about the zeww heart. Oh! then I faw

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8 minifter. She was in great pain but poſſeſſeZia. heaven of peace
_ within: from her mother .and other be have lexrnt a few-things a To

x mother the. ſaid on Friday; © Next Lord's-day you ill. be fitting 2
's table upon earth, and prayed ferveneiy that ſhe might be at ide

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nearly always in 8 e the requeſted | her
1 15 Satan might not get the che wiyintage of her, 80

rents AF? for |
bi = 5 de to doubt. Yay was a ſeaſonahle requeft,' "for next. ,

bout two hours 40 ſhe departed, à female friend conn
e faid, © Polly, T fear my hopes are come to hoe.
ave been tho laſt effort 5 the a enemy; but ci als |

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\ fir inf Cod?” Alter this the ſaid, e Mother, 1 hope ; I thi "not be
deceived, do not you think I ſhould have doubts ind fear if J were ni
right ; 3 I haye no fears,” and fmili — Fear not, hi little

od's word is true, he erg deny imſeff . fins are oleanſed in *
blood of Chrift. Come, Lor Lond Jah, come quickly.” Why arc his chariot
wheels ſo long in coming.” On the laſt werte of the 728th Hymn of Rip-
pon's ſele&ion, , ſhe Uwe much, and the laſt words ſhe was heard'to fay,
when finking into the cold arms of death, were, O death, where is thy

B ſting? O grave, where is thy victory?? A few moments after, withotit a,

ſtruggle, the peacefully ſlept in Jeſus. She ended her mortal rice, Sept. iſt,

2799, aged 21 years. A ſermon was Rev: John agreeably to her delire the |

following Lord s. day evening, by the Rey, John ain, her Miſter,” ton.

very crouded auditory. * . . .
Doæunion, . 99, 1799. 5 . 180

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WML. er DEATH oF A CHILD.

Ki + 0 & 4 Editor of the Dpa 8 55

My Dear FRIEND, | | Nenuport Pagnel, 17tb September.

I have juſt received the incloſed- account of the death'of a Tweet child,
"fix. years and a half old, a relation of Mrs. G. When the Lord perfe&s
praiſe from the mouths of babes, it ſeems incumbent upon others to bite -
teſtimony to the power of his grace. Such inſtances may eſpecially be pro-
'firable to the parents and friends of young children, as the 1 the

ſtrongeſt encouragement to early diligence 1 in religious inſtruction. I ſend |

vou the narrative almoſt verbatim as it was ſent me by a ſiſter of the de-

ceaſed, who is at preſent, I think, in her 15th year. The ſimplicity n
the account may render it the more ſtriking, and the age of the writer wall |

a be W a ſufficient apology for trifling defects. F
I am ä yours, |

Dear AND 3 Sik, 6

I wiſhed in my laſt to have given you ſome decent of the death * my.

dear litt le ſiſter, but could not then find. time. As I am ſure it will
not fail to impart latisfaktion to you | to hear of the LOGS 1 —

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at tue thought of our ſeparation. | "Oh! what mercy was mixed with the
bitter cup ! The grim tyrant was deprived of half his diſmaying power.
It was only parting; as I once told her, to meet more happy. But I will — _.
Jeave this ſubjeQ'; for, to make my regret the theme of my letter, would Wh
de of no avail. I truſt I am reſigned to the diſpenſation of an all- wiſe and 15
merciful Providence. It was frequently her requeſt, (Do nat grieve after
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me, my dear ſiſter. . e N „o
The + pacehr in ny dent ter bifore her a in.

There was nothing very. k |
neſs. She was in general attentive when in a place of worſhip, and would
on no account miſs her prayers night and morning; ſhe was fond oſ hear-
ing of the deaths of pious children, and would ſometimes retain ſtriking
paſſages of ſermons ſhe had heard preached. I did not obſerve, her muchjde-
free of playing on the ſabbath. Of theſe things, however, I took but
title notice. People frequently admired her for her beauty, and ſome-
times ſhe diſcovered that ſhe: knew it ; but on the whole ſhe was a very '
pleaſant child ; her temper was extremely amiable, and delightfully affec- _
It was on Thurſday, th Auguſt, my dear Hannah was taken ill. At
firſt ſhe ſaid nothing of dying, but on the Saturday ſhe expreſſed the man-
ner in which ſhe ' wiſhed to be carried to the grave. On the following
Tueiday, ſeeing her dear mother crying, ſhe ſaid, | Don't grieve, my
dear mama, it hurts me; give me up to the Lord.“ And at another
time, Do not grieve, mama, I am going to be happy; my Jeſus ftands
juſt ready to take me away. Give me up to the Lord; I want to go Go.
my own dear God.“ On the Wedneſday, ſhe faid to a perſon who
was fitting by her, ay dear H=—, I mutt die- don't weep I mnt
go—l am very bad. O Lord, have mercy upon me! I muſt die. Oh
my God, take me!” Then, to ſeveral in the room ſhe ſaid, „ Bleſs
you all! pray God releaſe me“ „ 17 BR te.
When I arrived at home on Wedneſday, ſhe at firſt took little notice
of me. I aſked her how'ſhe did, and ſeveral other quettions before ſhe an-
ſwered me: but when I 2{ked her if ſhe loved God, ſhe ditectly anſwered,
« Yes!” To my queſtion, whether ſhe believed God loved her, ſhe re- | 1
pallied, “ Yes, for he is my own dear God. Upon-aſking if the loved =_
Feſus (I wiſh I could always reply with the ſame tervour as ſhe did) “Oh, ;
yes!” One day, when ſhe was in very great pain, ſhe told me not to
grieve, for it was her own dear Jeſus. She could ſay no more; but
it was eaſy to conceive what ſhe would have added, to teach me to reſign
my will to the will of the Lord. 1974 |

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Ny dear ſiſter defired I would pray with her, which I did, requeſting, = 7
if it pleaſed the Lord, that he would graciouſly ſpare her to be an uſeful 7 ö :

ſervant to bim; but if not, that he weul1 give her an eaſy diſmiſſion to
a better world; and, particularly, that her death might be ſanctified to
thoſe who were left behind, When I finiſhed, ſhe turned and ſaid, ,
“ Thank you, my deareſt ſiſter. I enquired whether I had aſked for
what ſhe wanted? #** Ves, my dear, quite right,” ſhe replied. ' Have
_ any thing you wiſhed me to remember?“ © No, my deareſt,
nothing,” . | | |
Seeing a bible in my hand, ſhe begged I would read it to | wh; 1
tur ned to the toth of St. Mark, of children being brought to Chriſt; and
when I cloſed the book, ſhe ſaid, How kind! I ſhall ſoon go to Jeſus ;
fie will ſoon take me up in his arms, and bleſs me too ; no dilciple _

” 4 —4 will eaſily believe, Reverend Sir, that this
©, different feelings from thoſe of a

ever offended 8 ime ben
ten forgive me. 10 Oh! „ ſaid ſhe, indeed you have not,”
4 replied, «But, my owe; 5 Rwy way not remember it, and ſometimes

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One day I told ber, that if I had
croſs with het, I hoped ſhe wat

8 1 may; but forgiveme now. 4s 1 Oh 1 yes," tured ey: fie,
but indeed you have not.” -

On Friday night, *wiſhi c Know if ſhe was ſenüble, T-faid to |
1 4% dear, « can ou — who Jeſus 1 is 2 5 She anfwered . 25

200.” 1 demanded, Rar that could dez ſhe returned, ** He came: down

| From: heaven, and died. 4 And for what P. fa 1. She kj

e He was crucified for, poor ſinners ; he died for 2 Are 8

a ſinner, my love * aſked. She inſtantly replied, with

9 "neſs, Ves; but he came to ſave ſinners; he came to ſave Mes." more ro

ſaid, 47 Ves, my dear little ſiſter, he did, and be is til} the ſame;
for I was fearful-ſhe 4 be fatigued. She laid quite ſtill far about 2

rter of an hour, and I thought ſne had been — but ſhe ſaid

thing to herſelf; I hearkened, and heard only the word Jeſus, $

a — ſhe exclaimed, ie Jeſus js my Saviour and my all! I did not

peak; but in à ſnhort time, ee ee eried out,

. * Oh, how I do love my Jeſus !”? _
At one time, although ſhe was in very at pain, the obſerved. that

1 had the Evangelical Magazine in my hand. I was then looking at that
«part - which contained the account of my late dear friend and pious in-

ſtructor, Mrs. Chaſe.* Read it to — ſiſter, * ſaid the, ** jead where
me is dying. | I thought my lovely ſiſter too: ill to attend, but. obeyed.
« She ſweetly ſmiled; and was quite W. I, ſtopped ſeveral times, to ak

ift ſhe-was fatigued ; but her anſwer always, was, ( No, ſiſter,” Receiy- |
ing a letter from my young friend Mif/E. C. I read it to her.

I was reading two lines in it, viz. % Millions of infant ſouls compoſe the
family above, my ſiſter looked quite delighted, and aid, * too lla
ſoon be there.

On Saturday evening we every moment expected her K which

however did not take place till about five minutes after the Sabbath con-
' menced : a glorious one. for my dear ſiſter!

The laft words ſhe ſaid were, © Pray, pray for me, ob dear S0

| 14 after, without one firuggle, groan, or gh, ſhe ſweetly fell aſleep in Jeſus.
Her age was fix years, fix months, and eighteen days. She had fupported

2 a moſt painful illneſs truly like a chriſtian, having never, to my Know.

ledge, uttered one murmuring expreſſioo). With the image of death

marked on her lovely face, ſhe ſmiled on all around. |
Theſe, deareſt Sir, are ſome of the dying iayings of my ſweet little ſiſter
When I conſider her happy death, 1 —_ the ed comort, though
een with 228 | „ i: Abt

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n. I kiſſed her, and aſked, her if ifhe loved Sb
us better.

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Deptford ; and cn the firſt favourable wind 1 ortſmouth,

andi the remaining part of the convicts for Botany Bay.

As the finances of the Bible Society are ſo much wegoeed u to eu-
rage an application to them, the Miſſionaty Society will find themfelves
nuch obliged to their numerous friends for a ſupply of Bibles, Palm,

Hymn, and other religious hooks, for the Miſe of the cohvicts and ſhip's

company the number of whom is nearly 400 The books may be ſent
to Mr. Hardeaſtle, the Treaſurer, in Duck's-Foot: Lane. 1 * »
c As the Miſſionaries embarking on board the Royal Admiral will

(probably ſai} in the courſe of the preſent month (Match), for Forr 8s
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» Tongataboo,” and Otaheite, all who have any letters or pa 5

convey to their 2 or relations in any of the places where the ſhip. is

Collection at Elgin, North Britain, by Mr. Stuart 13 14

a fs. find their brethren in ſafety
fectual opening for the entrance
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Collections received by
From the Miſſionar

Rev. Mr. Smelle and Friends, Grimſby, Lincolnſmre, 5 yl

expected to touch, muſt forward them, without delay, to the Treaſurer.

We need not call upon our brethren to follow the Miſſionaries with their
ers, that they may have a 933 journey, by the will of God,
proſperity and à greal .
of the everlaſting Goſpel, into tho iſles of
the Treaſurer, from '25th Jan, to 2 5th Feb. 1800.
| lio ociety at Bafil, being the amount of
a Legacy by Miſs Branmullerin, and contributions from

Bafif, Lurch, St. Gallen, Aran, &c. in Switzerland { 395 32 4

Dreſden, with many Villages in Saxony—Magdeburg in

” Bfandenburg—Flenſburg in Holſtein ; and many (mall

places in the Duchy of Wirtemberg,—Per M. Steinkopt
Friends to the Society at Dublin, by Mr. Fenn 21 16

Ditto at Cambietown, ditto, by Mr. D. Fraſer ; it 1
Affociate Congregation in Berwick on Tweed, by Rev. 1
John Blackhall - | ee | | 9 n
A Prayiag Society in ditto, by Mr. Paxton al 2 10
The, Miſſionary Society of Newton upon Ayr, by the Rev.,
W. 8 | 1 4 204 <ny
T Balmaud and New Byth £7 |
Coliections in J Marnoch < 141
North Britain.) Reih 33
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Our readers will, no doubt, be ęratiſſied to ſee, by the following Letters,
the intereſt which our American Brethren take in the ſubje& of Miſſions
to the heathen ; and the particular attention of Dr. Rogers on the cap-

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N — or letters for 2 Robo aN Duff; the wrt _

- Have been received ſooner, had it not have pleated God. in the courſe of

his unerring Providence, oxce mor to have viſited this City with the „ Peſ.
tiles that walketh in datkneſs, and waſteth at noon? day. This dif. .
„ penſation of the Almighty oecaſioned a — remove of the inhabitants,

" and among -9thers, that of myſelf and family; ſo that the above co mu.
? ©nications were neceſſarily . — at the poſt-offce till called for. On
. . © obtaining- them I felt myſelf anxiouſly. diſpoſed to find out, 11 poſſible, and

e bender every afliſtance-to the unfbftunate captives ; for this purpoſe 1
97 into our ſeveral daily Po. an advertiſement of which the nal
1s a ſpecimen.® i 8 43-353 8 .

15 Havigg returned to 1 wah vy a "the 411 jet; $ 1 the
next day waited upon by a-{ailor of the name of M illiam Daſs; he informed
me that he belonged to, the ſhip. Duff when ſhe was captured; that 4
"came (0 this Port in the hip Liberty from Monte - Video; that no

it Uimſelf, belonging to the Nuff, came in the Liberty; that — 4

e „with all the Miſſionacies, &c. had ſailed in a brig for: Rio De Ja-

1 "the Rs ering been purchaſed: for that purpgſe.of. the F cench, _

Had captured t

My; \ " Agreeably 10 this 8 ou. A" 1 "ny had the .

Hon of OPT, ſeeing or bearing fn
the Society the x og from Liverpool to Eongon, keep the parcels for

Captain Robin, N 2 little longer, and forward them * the firſt So
conveyance that offers for your metropolis.

e loude and darknefs, my brethren, © are robnd About jehovah:

impenetrable by any human fcrutiny—but << Righteouſneſs and judgment

are the habitation of his throne, the invariable ſtandard of all his proceed-
ings.Conſiderations theſe, which are abundantly calculated to quiet all
our minds, when events, apparently diſcouraging and mournfully crying,
take place. Let us unite on both ſides the water in praying that God
would be mercitul unto us, and bleſs us; and Par 4 his face to ſhine
upon us—that his way may be 9 ure earth bi: geri health

a all Nations. 7 r
kn Gal the late calamity- was by no means 60 teens b in this City a2

thoſe of 1793, 1797, and- 1798, yet we have to mourn the loſs: of the
great and goed. Dr. John B. SMITH; he fell an early victim to the fever;
he was indeed a burning and ſhining light—zealous for the Lord of
Hoſtz—and not aſhamed of the peculiarly diſtinguiſhing doctrines of Chriſt -
and the Crols.—Ripe- tor glory, he was called home—Oh, that all our
Churches were bleſſed with thoulands like him !—I hope that his brother,
the Preſident of New Jerſey College, or the Rev. Dr..Green, his parti-

cular friend, will — the . ING with a memoir re- |

ſpecing him. N

» Should Captain Robſon, the Rev. Mr. William Howell, or any other
Miſſionary, lately on board the ſhip Duff, which was captured by the

French, and carried into the river La Plata, in South America, be in an

nk of the United States, they are requeſted to give information of the

me t6 the Rev. Dr. Wm. Rogers, No. 40, North 4th ſtreet, Philadel- -

| Phia, who is in poſſeſſion of letters for them from the members of the
Committee of Foreign Correſpondence in London,
The Printers in t the United States are affe&ionately ſolicited to inſert the
above a few times, as ſubſerving the Huy of my and rays

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to be the fervent prayer of yr unknown and unworthy fellow-Tahourer”

in the Goſpel Vineyard. wn ROUBRS, |

« "The Rev, DF. MAIS, J Members of the Cam-,
Rer. Mr, JOHN EYRE,” mittee of Foreign, |
© = * _ " JOSEPH BARDCASTLE,'Efg. J, Coureſpopdence ,,,>
n 3 8 AS i a i aidog of n m¹,ꝑZ3 £8
5 bein BROTHER). 1 rk b ec Stratfigh, Seti. 21, 1799
YOUR kind favour of the 2 6th of June I did not receive until this duy,
where it has been detained I know not; it is an unhappy circumſtance“
which frequently attends the letters of en- eee ; however,” 15
am always rejoſced ir Þ obtain Hon of them in the end: and I am
induced to ſend you a line thus early to tell you how highly I prize yoỹ
intereſting communication, and how much I feel elated at the precious dif-
coyeries:of that ſucceſs Which we all fondly hoped would attend your ex-
ertions. Indeed, I never had a doubt but a plan undertaken with ſuchan
abſolute dependence upon the Lord's favour, and calculated to anſwer the
great ends of Chriſt's reign; a plan entered upon with ſo many prayers,
and uniting the hearts of ſo many of the honoured ſervants of Jeſus; wWouſd
be matured. and croned to the aſtoniſnment and delight of all the humble
| lovers of @ exucified Redteme nnn 2H 142 $i hol
Our ſucceſs in this State the laſt year, in point of contributions raiſed 4 -
in our reſpective congregations, by virtue of a proclamation iſſued by the
Governor, has been very coufiderable, and every exertion is making to-

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further the great object in view. In nic country, and amongſt every de-
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nomination of Chriſtians, there will be found ſome (I am oy” to ſay it.
and would not ſay it were it not true) who ſeem to emulate the character of
the ancient Sanballat and Tobiah, and thoſe Atabians, and Ammonites,
and Aſhdodites, ho were very; angry that the breaches in the wall of Je-
ruſalem began to be ſtopped; however, to the praiſe of this State, there
is a zeal which, I truſt, nothing will ſubdue: may the Lord increaſe it
more and more. When our atcount is publiſhed, I will endeavour to ſend
ite Cd tbe ff ian
I am ſorry to obſerve, that the report of your Directors is not come to
hand, It wonld give me great pleaſure to receive it regolarly, that I might 2
be enabled to trace how the Lord carries you along ſtep by ſtep. / '
Imuſt, my dear Sir, allot a part of this paper to inform you of the moſt
wonderful work of God, which is carrying on amongſt us; a work Which
is ſuthcient to call forth the big tear of gratitude from the eye of every be-
hever, and to melt our hearts in love and praiſe, In upwards of thirty of
our towns in this State, beſides others in the neighbouring States, there have
been the moſt wonderful effuſions of ſovereign grace, and greet” numbers
are wrought upon of all ages: even infidels aſſociated together for the pur-
poſe of deriding the truth, have been made to embrace the truth as it is
in Jeſus, We are » hopes the good day begins to dawn, we think we
hear the ſound of the chariot wheels of the ae Conqueror of the
fouls of men. Ride on, thou mighty Lord! let thy victories be numerous
as mankind, and extenfive as the globe! 0 5
I was highly delighted the other day at ſeeing with my own eyes, how '
great things the Lord had wrought. Being appointed a delegate to our
General Afociation, which met at Hartford, I was requeſted by my Rev,
Brother, Mr. Perkins, of ANY welt-diviſion, to preach a lecture to
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runs and be informed, that in Bal every houſe there were
From two to four er who either had been-impreſſetand received à good
* REL 2 through g or elſe were now under awakenings, In the city of
1 ford, ft in gr Net places, the work has not been leſs; remarkable.
his cduntry is doubtleſs highly favoured, I am informed that an account
| * about to be publiſhed of this work of the Lord, to contain the na
the places, the number of perſons who have given up their nami e
x avouched the Lord to be their God, together with the progveis of the re.
ial. It is remarkable, that the whoſe has been attended with no, flights
ö of enthuſiaſm; it appears to have been hitherto a deep work, -which has
„ IG of the heart: when the account is publiſhed I wilb forward it” |
4. / - have by me a little volume of ſermons by Dr. Tram
| p liſhed, which has met with a moſt extenſive circulation, on the E
dences of, Chriſtianity, and the Truth of Revelation; “' it. is a inte
lently written, and forms the beſt thing upon the fabje&s which U have .
ſeen, I ſhallalſo ſend you this 2 the irt opportunity. |
I have juſt filled my paper, and have written to you as familiar ns |
_ though ou were an old acquaintance; you will forgive it if ĩt be proper |
I hope, however, we are united in the beſt bonds: though unworthy"
loweſt ſeat in Chriſt's ſchool ; let me have an intereſt in your prayers, that
both my knowledge and gr rice may be increaſed. I hope halt foon-hear
- from you again. I ſhould be glad to hear from my brothers Brookſbank
and Hamilton, pteſent to him” my love. When y6u write be particular

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N | on to the ſtate of religion in England. Accept, Ay" de Sir: the
3 jonate regards of your. friend. a brother. : 08 ed
1 "RD De. n 3 SAMUEL 1 BLATCHFORD. ;

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Was Inflitured 1 in the year 1780, for, the ſole uſe of the. Navy,

3 WE * of Great Britain, and is ſupported by annual or occaſional icontri-
1 butions.— The Committee of this Inſtitution have diftributed , above
EE _ twenty-eight thouſand Bibles, and a couſiderable number of New Teſta-.
. ments to the different Ships and Regiments of the Navy and Army. Bur,
IH in conſequence of the very great demand. upen them during the pxeſent
34 war, their finances are very much reduced; beſides which, the es bat

| Joſt a number of valuable ſubſcribers and friends by death,

1 Parcels of books, or pecuniary donations will be thank fully received, |
11 and a pproprĩated to the uſes of the Bible Society, by Meſſ. Wood and
I Co. William- ſtreet, WN or at the Bible ee, 27 wa.
ſtreet, * |

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6 « $a ye not that the former times awere better than theſe, for Je do nor en-
© : quite wiſely concerning them. |
THERE are now laudable efforts made for the e ſp read of the
Goſpel, and the diffuſion of religious knowledge; to which the bi of
tze Br ritiſh Churches affords-us no parallel. The preſent are times of re.
'\ frefſhiug. from the preſence of the Lord. When diſtant nations —

| | the attenzon. of the religious world, it is * to perceive gone
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— ern eftenfive/at lime,” At preſent, 2.
| vary denevolent work: has been executed in behalf of the North Highlanders,
of Scotland. Two Catechiſms for youth, by the Tate Rev. J. Brown, 2
Haddington, whoſe praiſe is in all the Churches, are now tranſlated into
Gaelic, by the benevolence of forte religious people, and are to be fent as
2 gift to the inhabitants of that 'benighted, part of our ille, where
many are not much more from ba i chan the inhabitants
of the South Sea Iſlands. We hope leon a hear that this act of benevo- |
lence is productive of good halts.” Then 838 have been long uſed
in the Lowlands of Scotland, and have paſſed throu above thirty ed-
tions, and ſome of theſe large impreffions. The firſt of theſe is intended
for young Children only 5 but the ſecond is eſteemed a moſt valuable com-
pendium of religions knowledge, and fo admirably adapted to the inſtruc⸗
tion of youth, that every ſerious family ought to . 18 it. It is drawn.
up in the form of a plain and eaſy Allet acten of embly”s thorter
Catechiſm; the principal doctrines of Revelation are brought into view,
and made. intelligible to tote weakeſt capacity. And we underſtand'that'a'
ne edit ion of this Catechiſm, corre&ed and r N END
in "the 2882 and will ſoon be publiſhed.

e FAST KENT Abe.
oN e January sth, 1800, the Mrs of of Eibe Kat YT
Affociation met at Mr. Gore's meeting, wn 7 8 c
preached in the mornin from Luke N r. n. the
5 tn rom 2 Cor, WE: Mr. G reached 9
ale from Acts xxVi. 22.—The Nd of paßte worthip we e ſpent

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in a very agreeable and profitable gel jen an 'amicable « cuſſion of

ſome of the moſt intereſting theological
The next meeting, was appoltited to be held at gt. Peter- s, the mee.
day after the Toons "FaBbath in April. Mr. ble is ©
reach in the morning, and Mr, Lena in wy 5 2 fn,
effrs, Parnell and Dre.
855 BEDTORD UNION. Ay hf W tet —
Wg are N $2 the fourth. Geyex al-Meetin of the Union of
Chriſtians, formed at Bedford, is — 1 to be held at that place, on
Wedneſday. the gth of April enſuing; when the Rev. F. Hill lyard, of
Qlney, and the Rev. Robert Hall, of Cambridge, are expefted to —
the former at the Old Meeting, in the Tweets and i . at the
W, "PIG in * Ro, |

| Wiel BUCKS, wet
ON December 30, 2799, 2 meeting of ſeveral Miniſters. was "held at
this place, to form into a religious ſociety, (not ſtrictly ſpeaking a church)
a few ſerious perſons reſiding in this town and peighbourhqod. The Mi-
niſters preſent. were Meſf. Caſtledine, of Ayleſbury Carey, of Wooburn;
2 of Waddeſdon; ; Reynolds, of Naſh; and Wake, of- Leighton
uzzard,' «|
It appears that the Goſ had been previouſly introduced in that town
about a year before, — the patrona 22 Bedford Union. — On
the above day, about fifty perſons aſſenibſed, when Meſf. Wake and Caf |
tledine delivered brief and appropriate GY on the oecaſon z and
other Minitters engaged 1 in — . | 8

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oOo Sunday evening, January 1a, 1800, Mr. Carey preached, when:
About weng 8 05 Aihe⸗ en memters, and were the next - |
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3 Fs of A iv oleration, A an 3 — the e of thaw”
Ad defire, to give themſelves one to another in the fear of the Lord, and to h
„ 768 — —— . their paſtor, which being i the forenoon 6 wah >
was SOIT in t g
introduced the worſhi by fin ing a hymn, and ig the 1 Pet. chap. v.
Mr. Jones prayed.— Mr. Haſſell propoſed the uſual queſtions to 5S 3 2
Imeray, received his confeſſion, and offered. up the dation: Pray erm . |.
Mr. afſell delivered a charge from 1 Cor: iv, 2. Mr. Hebron concluded
the ſervice by prayer. |
Meet in tue eveni it half pal ſix o clock. Mr. Hebron introduced |
5 div ine 8 9 and Mr. Jenes e an OT Lat to be
on CEO TROP 225 i. Ts |
© on Tage , I OY A a N Ts [DOD apened. at
Y Titchfield, Hants. The Rev. James Steven, of London, F in the.
morning, from Pf. xxvli. 4.3 and r. Allen, of Pitteffel in New Ee
gland, in the afternoon, from Pſ. exliv. 15. Dieine ſervice has been
© regularly performed ever ſince, twice every Lord's day, by the Hampſhire
| Miniſters; and the inhabitants have attended in ſuch numbers as ording- 2
rily to fill the houſe? The building was erected by Mr. Sabine, of Iſfing -
ton, who wiſhed thus to teſtify kis affection to the place of his native) Flags
Ik is earneſtly to be defired, that perſons profeſſing godlineſs, whom 28
Lord hath bleed with oma of the good things of this life, would
in a ſimilar way, expreſs their regard to the place which gave them birth.
Perhaps hundreds might have reaſon through eternity to rejoice in tbe
pious benevolence of their townſmen.”! 6 Read Wies, rich Chriſtian, a and 80 .
_ thou and'do bkewiſe, e i TOES be | $ / Ye

b © COSMOS e * WALLINGFORD: be Rs
E N New Meetit of the Rev. Mr. Griffiths, of WY ws
opened for public worſhip on Wedneſday, December 18. Two ſermons
were preac| d by Mr. Brookſbank ; that in the morning from 1 Pet, i. 22.
and that in the evenin 2 from Rom. viii. 34. Mr. Marton began by
prayer and reading the criptures. Mr. Threſher, Mr. Holloway, and
Mr. Lovegrove engaged in prayer. The Mayor and Corporation, during
the time the Meeting-houſe 1 was rebuilt, generouſly granted the uſe of the
town hall to _y congregation for TO worſhip. my
POETRY. |

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THE CHRISTIAN'S PRIZE.
| BELIEVERS, view the heavn'ly pi ire,
Secure, above the lefty ſkies, -
here ſtreams of glory low; _
My Muſe would firetch her feeble wings,
And quit this empty “ ſcene' of Oey, |
Nor leave a wiſh below. _ |
Not wantbn Pleaſure's gilded bal; -
Join'd to a throne of regal ſtate,
Compoſe this rich reward:
But ſouls redeem'd dy ſov*reign grace,
Here view their Savior's ſmiling face,
Au ſhout their conꝗ ring Lord.

Though „hen he ſtoop'd to Man's relief,
His ſpotleſs ſoul was bow'd with grief,
Yet now he fills a throne: MN
His watchful eye, his tender heart,
' Bid? all his people's. woes depart, _
And makes their Vants his own:

Diſmiſs d from Earth's datle vale of end,
Ip abode of ſorrows, doubts. and fears, |
To realms of ſacred. jo Y
No more ſhall Sin's terrific ſhade,
In dreadful majeſty array'd,
Moleſt their ſweet employ.

. Soon ſhall they reach that bliſsful ſeat, |
Where ranſom'd Saints in-concert meet,
And catch celeſtial fire:
There will "they, ſtrike the trembling
ting,
Exulting Seraphs clap their wings,
And join the tuneful choir, +
: JOSEPHDS.

PARAPHRASE
Of ſome ſelect Paſſages of the Boob ef Fob,
principally taken from the 31/1 Chapter. Mi

HEN through mid-heay*n, the Queen
of night,

Array'd in dezzling robes of light, .
While countlefs ſtars around her throng,
1 pace majeſtic, moves along;

Dcep-filent thought my ſoul abſorbs, -
Awe-ftruck I view the rolling orbs;
And, as through pathleſs tracts they glide,
Adore their great almighty Guide.
When the pale lamps of night expire, .
O'erwhelni'd in floods of ſolar fire;
Warme'd by his animating ray,
1 hail the glorious ſource of day: 5

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Thou from this deep abyſs of ſhame

vet it with mingled "a ase, 2
The kmpious. voraries of morn, -
brock ring unheard the idle vow.”

Before created ſplendor bow.

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With cold indiff rence I ſurvey
Redundant heaps of ſhining clay:
Het wites'if wanton Beauty try,
Cloſe, or avert, my watchful eye.
As, till'd in ſpring, the fertile plain
In autumn waves with ripen'd grain,
Pain and remorſe, 2 certain meed, , -

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The dreams of lawleſs joy ſucceed.

The widows drooping heart to cher,

To check the orphan's falling tear,

To change pale want to pleas'd content,
Glad have l ſhar*d'whar heav*n had eat. -

| The pilgrim oft, a welcome gueſt, .
Beneath my roof retir'd to reft :

Far as my grateful influence ſpread, © |
Injuftice bow'd ber humbled head.

Fatal reverſe ! deſpiſed and low,
A matchleſs ſpectacle of woe

No friend, no aid, n refuge nigh,

Stretch'd on the u abhorr'd I lie
Long, long indulg'd with draughts of love,
Gifts of the God who reigns above,

| If ſuch his all-diſpoſing will,

I take this bitter cup of ill.

Lord, to thy name be boundleſs praiſe,
Right, tho" myſterious, are thy ways;
Dark and remote, the wond'rous plan

{| Eludes th? imperfect eye of man.

Whate'er my doom, convinced tis fit

I bid my ſwelling ſoul ſubmit;

Subdue the rifings of deſpair, ©
And breathe my wants in feryent pray*r.

Bereſt of all, degraded, baſe,
Ah, might thy ſervant plead for grace !

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Canſt lift my vile and abject name;
Thou canſt replace my raviſh'd wealth;
Thou canſt renew my cheek with bealth.
Fail not, O Lord, the ſuppliant's truſt 3
Ceaſe to contend with feeble duſt. L.
OFT — — — Werk
AN HYMN, > 0
Sung by the Children of a Sunday School.
WF; ILE vice, the world's wide ſpread-
ing flood,
Had l 0 the good with fear;
Lo! ſov'reign Mxxcy ſtood prepar'd
To wipe the went tear.
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Are ſed by living ſtream s. 5 den wield, ,
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| | And Ws 15 Ae ty you diſtant þ ow long, D Lord, e gen,
. er My ſoul, which after thee *
©: The ns KI. Sete g | 1 How long conceal thy face, anf fet _
The | ec cla paſture, andthe chryttel pak ſpirit faint wit vain deſires 5
ſprin 0g ſhall 1. tin van,
The broad 4 noſe the mag | 1 With anxious heart, and daily g. ge *
4 Ts o. my foe exult and rein,
ne ; Umighty * 3 | While ern God delays abet?
f A } Confider all m mournful caſe,. „
The topmoſt turret of yon ancient tow” „ O Lord ry God and * my prayer;
The NS tenants oh my - Lighten my ord N ng of NV.

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Thy great falvation well dipl

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age, he was, with the Dogor's conſent, prevailed on to
preach in public, in various places, to the great ſurprize of
all 1 7 FRY 10 denies 3 10 1
Ils faid he could never ſufficiently admire the providencte
Which ſed him to Dr, Addipgton's "Hlefſed'God that ever he
had the happineſs of being put under the eare of ſo able
and ſo pious an inſtructor, and declared he ſhould have rea-
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- ſummer vacation. of 1490; ke viſſted his friends at Fal-
mouth, and preached twice for the Rev. W. Moore, of that
place, to whoſe church he was united about a month pre-
dcdeeƷding his deceaſe. On this occaſion he expreſſed him-
ſelf in a moſt affecting manner, reſpecting the feeling ſenſe.
| he had of his own great unworthineſs, and his humili-
ating ſentiments of himſelf, as a ruined, depraved, guilty |
flinner; yet of the dependance he: had on the mercy of
Sad through Chriſt. He ſaid he had xeafon to believe that
Co had. 1 zupon his ſoul, and he had a
good hope through grace af final ſalvation; he difclaimed
every idea of merit-in-himſelf, and made his boaſt alone of
_ Jeſus Ohriſt and his righteouſneſs: His only defire was ta
live for. the glory of God, and to ſpend and be ſpent in tlie
ſervice of Jeſus Chriſt. He had known many temptations, |
and he ſaw many yet before him; but he hoped. that“ he
who had begun the good work wauld perfect it until the day
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„All his department during the too ſhort time he ſpent at

Falmouth, dempnſtrated that there is a real ſweetneſs and
excellency in the religion of Jeſus Chriſt; I was honoured,
ſays Mr. M. < with much, yet far too little, of his company,
and in all his converſation I found a happy, invariable con-
ſiſteney: he was the ſame perſon on all occaſions, and com-
Pleated the uniform character of a chriſtian. His heart was
| _ -luſceptible of the tendereſt feelings; he was of a focial and
” © communicative turn of mind, and would expreſs his fenti-
ments freely, yet without partiality, or bigotry to any
party. He was indeed, the agreeable companion, and the
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ſome: counſel; and warm exhortations; but, above all, his
prayers in and for the family, were in ſuch language; auc
with ſuch feryour of ſoul, that they appeared to have been
the immediate work of the Spirit of God, and enough to
have melted a heart of ſtone. SRO Et STOR N
What happened in his laſt ſickneſs is partieularly worth
of remark. On Tueſday the 17th of Auguſt, he Was ſeized
with a complaint in his head and ſtomach, which proved to
be a fever of the putrid kind. He had an impreſſion on his
mind that his time would be very ſhort,” but God does all.
things well:“ complained that his mind was rather dark,
but ſaid, if I periſh, it ſhall be at the feet of Jeſus.” - Me-
dical advice was procured, but towards night he grew-warſe-
Next morning bis diſorder was ſtill encreaſed; but he
ſeemed at times very happy in his mind, and rejoiced in the
unchangeable love of God to his children. On Thurſday
morning Dr. W— was called in, who was indefatigable in
his attention to him, both day and night, and every poſſible
aſſiſtance was rendered to preſerve his valuable life; but the
Lord had determined otherwiſe. This day he ſpoke much
of the importance of time. A friend ſaid, I hope God
18 preparing you for greater uſefulneſs by this: affliction.”
He ſaid, «+ God grant it; the Lord's will he done!” Hig
fever was now very high, his friend therefore deſired him to

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be as compoſed as poffible, and after prayer took leave of
him. He frequently repeated theſe words _..
« O glorious hour! O bleſt abode!
| I ſhall be near and like my God.” ©
Friday he expreſſed great happineſs in the thought of go-
ing ſoon to glory. * have no cloud within, all is fafe; I
caſt myſelf on Jeſus, the Rock of Ages. A few days fince
I was happy in the thought of returning to my fellow ſtu-
dents, in London; but oh! Jam going to join the heavenly
hoſts above, and ſhout the praiſes of the Lamb for ever.“
da,aturday he ſeemed ſweetly compoſed in his mind, ſaying,
„God's will be done, to live or die, all is well. When I
enter heaven's doors, it ſhall be as the chief of ſinners. I
have ſuch a view of the precious promiſes of the goſpel
that I hardly know which to lay hold of firſt.” .
On Sunday he ſaid to his ſiſter, Flee vain company, and
ſeek an intereſt in Jeſus Chriſt: from this moment, never reſt
tilt you have an experimental ſenſe of the love of Chriſt to
your ſoul. . Never go to bed at night, nor riſe in the morn-
ing, without pouring out your heart to God in ſecret. Read
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I ſhall have à funeral ſermon preached, and I beg
in attend. My dear ſiſter, regard the words of a dy-
. for, ſhould you diſregard them, if you live to
of fixty y' years, when you come on a death bed, they
Yb, be like thunder i in your cars.” He i Er w_nates
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faying, « Now my work is over, I fear I have been a ſuke-
warm profeſſor,” and have not that humbling ſenſe of it
which I ought to have. My rightebuſneſs is as filthy rags,
but my wedding garment is the righteouſneſs. of Chrift. I
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I ſhall not be aſhamed nor confounded world without end.“

Very early on Monday morning, he ſaid, a meſſenger was
come for him. „The meſſenger,” aid be, « 1s in my fleſh.
Gwennap is called, and I am among the number of thoſe
who are 150 dinted to go to-morrow. To- morrow, the great,
the awful change will take place, but great ſtrength will be
given. 1 ſhall ſoon know Whether it will be Chriſt to live,
or gain to die. Great Captain, Saviour, prepare me for the
field, then all will be well.“ He repeated ſe everal verſes of
that hymn, © Come thou fount or e an and fre.
quently this verſe,

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He ſpoke to. many preſent of the neceſſity of an intereſt in
Chriſt, ſaying, * Nothing but an experimental knowledge

of Chriſt i in the heart, the hope of glo ry, will give courage
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in a dying hour. He is my hope, my foundation, my all.”

He ſaid to Miſs R, Give my love to your fiſter, I ſhall
fee her no more in this life ; but we ſhall meet around the
throne, and praite the Lamb for ever. I ſee this affliction is

in love, how precious is Jeſus, in ſuch a ſeaſon as this! He

can and will deliver. Let my funeral fermon be from theſe
words, It is good for me that I have been afflicted.”

His fever now ran very bigh, and he was at times de-
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lirious; the three laſt days of his illneſs; yet all the while,
not a fretful word, not an improper, or unbecoming ex-
reſſion, was heard to drop from his lips; but he waz conti-
nually either breathing his ſoul to God in prayer, giving

thanks for his mercies, or exhorting thoſe who were about
him. He was thankful to every body, who rendered him
the moſt trivial ſervices, particularly for medical aſſiſtance;
but repeatedly ſaid, We muſt not truſt to means, tis God
only can give the bleſſing.” Whenever the uſual queſtions
were aſked him reſpecting his health, his conſtant anſwer
was, Through mercy, much better than I deſerve.” In:

a paroxyſm of the delirium, he aſked Dr. W— if he knew
what chriſtianity meant, and, without waiting for an anſwer,

immediately replied, „Il tell you what it is to be a chriſ-

tian. To have a ſteady dependance on the great firſt-Caylſe,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; a firm belief, and lively faith
in our Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, who died for our fins, and roſe

again for our juſtification: To love our neighbours as our-

ſelves, and to do unto them, as we would they ſhould do

unto us.” Here he pauſed, while all preſent were ſtruck _
with awful aſtoniſhment. - 975 15

Early on Tueſday morning he defired to ſee his mother.
The Doctor told him ſhe was too weak to attend him at ſo
early an hour. He anſwered, . Take care of her, Doctor:
her life is of much more conſequence than mine. My loſs

can be but little felt; her's a great deal. But I have now a

lively hope of a glorious meeting; for yeſterday a meſſenger
told me that this day, I ſhould be with his Father and my

Father, his God and my God. |

About fix hours before he died, at his requeſt, he was re-

moved into another bed, which ſeemed to give him eaſe;

Dr. W— adminiſtered a cordial draught, and propoſed read-

ing the 40th Pſalm, in hopes to compoſe, and fix his wan-

_ dering ideas. His fiſter read, during which time he lay en-

tirely quiet, and immediately after ſaid, .I think we ſhould

join in prayer.” His ſiſter ſaid, . Shall I go fora book?” he

faid, „No, I'll pray,” and inftantly began, and prayed for
the ſpace of ten minutes, extempore, without the leaſt heſi-
tation, or a fingle incoherent word, with great ſtrength of

voice, and proper emphaſis ; praifing God for his goodneſs,

praying for his parents and friends, mentioned his diſeaſe,

the means uſed for his recovery, and every other circum-
ſtance very diſtinctly, and with great compoſure. - He after-
wards ſaid, * Read me Mr. Newton's hymn on Jehovah

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ireh,“ and at the end of every verſe repeated aloud, * The

Lord will provide. J3ͤ ..

Soon after that, he was ſeized with dreadful convulſions,

and ſaid, I am fighting the laſt battle, but ſhall be made a
conqueror.“ His Paſtor came into the room for the laſt time,
when this conflict was nearly ended; he was not able to ſpeak,

but ſeemed all confuſion. I ſtood, (ſays Mr. M,) for a while
and looked with painful and ſilent aſtoniſhment, on his poor
afflicted body, ſcarcely knowing what to ſay. We at laſt
agreed to commend his ſoul to God in prayer, he joined with
us, and at the end of every petition. ſaid aloud,” Amen.“

Soon as I roſe from my knees he gave me his hand (which

woaas cold as death) and ſaid, Now it is over.“ I ſaid, + The
Lord is with you, and will be with you.“ He ſaid, God
grant this may be a uſeful. leſſon to you all.” Theſe were

bis laſt words; he was now able to ſpeak no more; but his

heaven- born ſoul, ſtill triumphing over the mortal body,

(as it had evidently done through all his ſickneſs) he liſted

his longing eyes to heaven, where all his hopes were mani-

. feſtly laid ; and with peculiar intenſeneſs, continued looking
ſtedfaſtly upward, as though impatient for the coming of
his Redeemer's chariot, until the animal frame was quite
exhauſted, and the immortal ſpirit took flight to the arms

of. Jeſus, where he had long wiſhed to be; and thus he
breathed his laſt, on the 24th of Auguſt, 1790, wanting one
month of nineteen years of age. .
For ſome years preceding his deceaſe, this excellent youth
kept a diary in ſhort hand, which ſtrongly evidences the piety
of his life, particularly during the laſt eighteen months, when,
like Enoch, he © walked with God,” in a*courſe of daily
communion. At the ſame time he attained a conſiderable
degree of uſeful knowledge, and was well acquainted with
the French and learned languages. His ſhort hand papers
have been ſince tranſcribed into three volumes folio, as |
credit to his induttry, as well as taſte, in ſelecting whatever
ſtruck him as peculiarly valuable in his courſe of reading.
Mr. G. was buried in a vault at Budock church-yard, and
his name preſerved in a plain infcription on his tomb-ſtone.
On the following Sunday his funeral ſermon was preached-
by Mr. Moore, from which many of the above particulars .

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1 SINCERELY. congratulate you, my friends, on the ſuc- .

ceſs which, in ſo. many inſtances, attends your labours in
the Lord's vineyard. Bleſſed are the feet that carry the
glorious light of the goſpel into the benighted corners of our
land, where the Sun of righteouſneſs never ſhone. Bleſſed
are the lips that preach the glad tidings of ſalvation to the
poor. With pleaſure and thankfulneſs I have witneſſed your
crawded congregations, and your active zeal, Many, 1
doubt not, under your miniſtry have been born again, ate
fighting the good fight of faith, and will be your joy and
crown in the great day. WO OY nk 80 |
But amidſt the ſplendid profeſſion of the preſent day, have
you not obſerved and lamented a ſuperficial religion, that

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promiſes but little real or ſolid effęct; a religion that leaves

the heart unſanctified, the paſſions unſubdued, and the life
unrenewed? : | !!!!! on ET

We hear much of convictions of fin, but let us trace theſe
convictions to their ſource, and follow them in their effects.
In many inſtances they are the alarms of terror, which,
like the tranſient blaze, ſoon vaniſh, rather than the godly
ſorrow that worketh. repentance into life.” Too often

they fall ſhort of that new birth which is repreſented by ny

putting off the old man, and putting on the new.“ Sin,
though called by every term that is vile, is not mor-
tized ; the eafily-beſetting fin is ſtill predominant ; and the
ſelt-denying duties of the goſpel are neglected. FRO
In other inſtances, theſe convictions are as ſuddenly
changed into the Joys of aſſurance; doubts and fears are
diſmiſſed ; and the abſolute. and unconditional promiſes of
the goſpel are the only food that is reliſhed. While many
thus boaſt of being carried out of themſelves, Satan is
ſpreading his ſnares within, pride is growing, corruption is
gaining ſtrength, the chriſtian armour is laid aſide, or not
uled with effect, the heart is not guarded ; prayer and watch-
fulneſs are not kept up, duties are neglected, and while they
think themſelves walking in the light, their ſpiritual life is
going to decay; they grow in aſſurance, but not in grace.
In many, this unhappy deluſion laſts too long, and, like
ME falſe light, leads the unwary travellers aſtray. All is in-
"ting; the valley of humiliation is ſoon paſſed; no ſelf- de-
nying duties occaſion terror. The crown is held out, but
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ready to come at its call. But when it ſays, * Take my
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go away ſforrowful.” While they glory in Chriſt as ſaving
the vileſt of ſinners, they forget that no unſanc̃tified ſoul can

de a ſubject of his kingdom.
Can we wonder if, in other inſtances, theſe ſudden tran-

ſports of light and joy are as ſuddenly, followed hy darkneſs
and gloom? This ſad change is immediately attributed to the
abſolute will. of him who doeth all things according to his
good pleaſure ; or to the great enemy of ſouls; who is per-
mitted to practiſe his arts upon the minds of believers, © |
Inſtead of examining every corner of the heart, for that

| ſecret iniquity that ſeparates between God and the ſoul, every

page in the bible is turned over, that the eye may be di-

rected to ſome word of comfort, that may operate as a
Charm to diſpel the gloom.— | 35 :

Have you not obſerved a dangerous enthuſiaſm, that miſ.
takes a heated imagination and agitated nerves, for divine in-
fluence and the work of the Spirit? an enthuſiaſm, by which
the bleſſed Jeſus is wounded in the houte of his friends, by
which his Holy Spirit is grieved, that divine Spirit that can

be traced only by his fruits and effects, and who will not

dwell in the careleſs and negligent ſoul? FA

In conſequence. of this ſuperficial religion, do you not

obſerve a fad deficiency in the characters of goſpel profeſſors,
in their cloſets; in their families, in the world? Oh! what

is become of that noble ſpirit, which animated the chriſ-

tians of the firſt age, of whom ſo many things are ſaid in the

Acts of the Apoſtles? Where is that heavenly'mindednels,
that ſelf denial, and mutual love, that diſtinguiſhed them

15 from the world? Where is that Charity that ſuffereth long

and is kind, that envieth not, vaunteth not itſelf, is not
puffed up, doth not behave itſelf unſeemly, ſeeketh not her
own, is not eaſily provoked, thinketh no evil, beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things!“ Where is that ſcrupulous fear of fin, that ſhunneth
even the appearance of evil, that keeps a ſtrit guard over
every avenue of the ſoul? How rare now are bright cxam-
ples of unaffected holineſs! How many who ſay, Lord,
Lord, do not the things he has commanded them; but cauſe
the enemies of the goſpel to blaſpheme, by their unſteady
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„Have I drawn the picture of ſome goſpel profeſſors too
ſtrong? Do you not join in lamenting. this ſuperficial re.
ligion? Would you not rejoice in the revival of that pri-
mitive piety, that 2 on the goſpel yoke, 1 it receives
the 14 promiſes? >

Will you then, my friends, permit me to NO with |
you, what are the moſt likely means, with the An
blefling, 'to revive this primitive piety? 7:

1 have frequently thought, that a more ſcriptural ſan of
preaching 1 would be likely to have this happy effec, would

roduce: a more. folid profettion, more humble believers.
more bible chriſtians. -
In the converſion of a ſinner you Jolly: begin with con-

viction of ſin. But, my friends, are you not too eaſily ſatis-

fied with the ſtrong language of terror, with convictions,
that in many ſad inſtances fall ſhort of converſion, of that
great and EN change, * that creates the ſoul anew

in Chriſt Jeſus,” of that repentance which is unto life?”

Do you endeavour to lead the ſinner to thoſe ſecret cham-
bers of iniquity, where no eye. but God's can penetrate,
where ſecret faults lie concealed, where the ſeeds of ini-
quity are preparing to bring, forth fruit unto death? ,Con-
vinced that ſuch an intimate and heart-ſearching view of his
depraved nature is not to be obtained by. a ſuperficial re-

view, do you urge him to much ſelf-examination, to prove
. himſelf diligently by the word of God? In thoſe ſecret re-

tirements, he would find out the deceitfulneſs of his heart,
thoſe luſts that war againſt his ſoul, and require to be mor-
tified. He would find out that __ beſetting fin which calls
for all his watchfulgeſs.

He would be more aware of the devices of his ſpiritual
concerns, and more carefully watch againſt temptation. He

would feel mote need of the chriſtian armgur, of watchful-

neſs and prayer. He would feel his need of“ the waſhing

of a eee and renewing of the Holy Spirit. "a

would feel his need of a better righteouſneſs than his own,

and of that blood which cleanſeth from all ſin.

From a foundation thus laid in a thorough converſion of
heart to God, might we not expect a firmer ſuperſtructure of

piety and holineſs?

Permit me further to enquire, whether, in the general
courſe of your preaching, you do not too much keep. back
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„ A not called out to a dangerous and painful warfare with fleſh
= + 2nd blood, with inbred corruptions; to pluck out right „
eyes, to cut off right hands, 0 cen the old man with its .
| affections and luſts? f
Iuhis is a ſubject, my friends, that calls loudly: Ke your |
=. attention. Many of your profeſſing hearers ſeem to know
ülttle of this ſpiritual warfare. They talk much of the great
enemy of ſouls, but the ſeem unacquainted with the de-
vices with which he enſnares them. 89
- , Fo him they attribute all their doubts of 1 theſs |
are the only weapons of the adverſary they ſeem to fear,
aud they ſeek for aſſurance as the only ſhield againſt his
Bery darts. When he attacks them with 'heart-fins, they
are not aware of his deſigns. When he makes war upon
them with fleſhly luſts, they are not prepared for his aſſaults,
and too oſten fall. Or, finding the conteſt difficult, they
leave off ſtriving, and fit down with this fad concluſion,
that grace will do all, and thus continue in fin that grace
may abound.” - Many thus walk, of whom we may fay
weeping, that they are the enemies of the Croſs of Chriſt.” . -
Ohl that upon this ſubject, you would cry aloud, and _
ſpare not; that you would ſhew God's pr profeſſing peop ple their
=. tranſgreſſions, and the houſe of Iſrael their fins! Cry aloud
= againſt that hypocrify, that ſays, Lord! Lord! — dotn
not the things that he commandeth ; againſt that infincerity
that ſpares ſome beloved ſin. 5
Be not content, my friends, to hear your people take the
goſpel on their lips; be not content till you ſee it ſhine in
their lives, re regulating their tempers, ſybduing their corrup--
tions, and ſanctifying them in ſoul, body, and ſpirit. Reſt
not, till you ſee © Chriſt formed in them,“ in all holy di 4
Poſitions, in all the graces of the chriſtian temper.
Let them hear much of heart religion. For want of this,
vital godlineſs decays, cloſets are neglected, the ſpirit of
prayer is departing, ſecret ſins are not diſcerned, duties are
neglected, and many have a name only to live, while they
Are dead. |
* will, Tam ſure, excuſe the liberty I have taken with
-T write under the ſtrongeſt impreſhon of the impor-
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ficial profeſſion, that negle& of goſpel Wen, which diſ-
graces the religion of Jeſus.
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wu its ſanctiryi ing influences, as well as its ſaving love;

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will move the faithful ambaſſadors of Jeſus. While they de-
clare faithfully his counſel, while they keep cloſe to him and
his goſpel, they have nothing to fert.

hile you are his zealous and faithful labourers, you

have much to hope. His bleſſed aſſurance is, Lo! 1 am

with you always!” May you, my friends, after being made

the honoured inſtruments of turning many to righteouſneſs.
here, be received by your divine Lord and Redeemer, to

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\ BSERVING-in the Evangelical Magazine for Decem-
ber, that Application has been made to the Direc-

tors from a pious few, at Quebec, deſcribing their de-
plorable want of Goſpel light, and requeſting a perſon
might be ſent from the Society to aſſiſt them?“ I have
been induced to fend the following anecdote, from Weld's
Travels in Canada, in 1797, hoping it may ſerve to prove to

the religious public, the propriety of complying with their

the people of Canada are immerſed.

* On the evening before we reached Quebec, we ſtopped |

at the village of St. Auguſtin Calvaire, and after having ſtrol-

led about for ſome time, returned to the farm-houſe where

we had taken up our quarters for the night. The people had

cooked ſome fiſh, that had been juſt caught, while we had
been walking about, and every thing being ready on our re-

turn, we fat down to ſupper by the light of a lamp, which was

ſuſpended from the. ceiling. The glimmering light, however,

that it afforded, ſcarcely enabled us to ſee what was on the
table; we complained of it to the man of the houſe, and the
lamp was in conſequence trimmed; it was repleniſhed with

very bad. Sacre Dieu!” exclaimed he, but you ſhall not

eat your fiſh in the dark; ſo ſaying, he ſtepped aſide to a

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d for it as legal. Some will ſay;
« this is-a hard ſaying, who can hear it?“ And many Who
cannot give up their evil paſſions and corrupt affections, may
depart and walk no more with you. But none of theſe things

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mall cupboard, took out a candle, and having lighted „
plwKuacemd it beſide us. All was going on well, when the wife,
=__ who had been abſent for a few minutes, fuddenly returning,
paured forth: a volley of the moſt terrible execrations
ga gainſt her poor huſhand, for having preſumed to have acted
ds he had done. Unable to anſwer a ſingle word, the fel-
los ſtood aghaſt, ignorant of what he had done to offend _
ber; we were quite at a boſs alſo to know, what could give
= riſe toſuchaſlidderi ſtorm; the wife, however, ſnatched 'up
te candle, and haſtily. extinguiſhing it, addreſſed: us in 4
plaintive tone of voice, and explained the whole affair. It
was the holy candle La chandelle benite,” which her
giddy huſband had fet on the table; it had been conſe-
crated at a neighbouring church, and ſuppoſing there ſhould
be a tempeſt at any time, with thunder and lightning ever
fo terrible, yet it the candle were but kept burning, while it
lafted, the houſe, the barn, and every thing elſe belonging
to it, were to be ſecured from all danger. © If. any of the fa-
mily happened to be ſick, the candle was to be lighted, and
they were inſtantly to recover. It had been given to her that
morning by the prieſt of the village, with an aſſurance that
it poſſeſſed the miraculous power of preſerving the family
from harm, and ſhe was confident that what he told her was
\\ true. To have contradifted the poor woman would have
been uſeleſs; for the ſake of our ears, however, we endea-
voured to pacify her, and that being accompliſhed, we ſat
; n and even made the moſt of our ſiſh in the
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X MONG the objeQtions of infidels to the truth oſ ſcrip-
ture, one has been often produced, derived from the
ſuppoſed antiquity of the carth. Some writers on natural.
biltory reaſon thus: A.ſtratum of lava (or melted mineral
ſubſtance) which flowed from the burning mountain Etna,
in the time of the ſecond Punic war, or about two thouſand
years ago, is not yet covered with ſoil ſufficient for the pro-
duction of corn or vines; it requires therefore, ſay they,
two thouſand years at leaſt, to convert a ſtratum of lava into
a fertile field. Now, having diſcovered in that neighbour-

- hood, ſeven diſtinct ſtrata of lava, parallel to each other,
and moſt of them covered with a thick bed of rich earth,
they conclude that the loweſt of theſe muſt have flowed
from the mountain at leaſt fourteen thouſand years ago, and

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Bible, muſt be untrue; FELL e |
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portant a comclukon, will | think, fficie
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its eruptions,” the nature of the lava, and in the time ne.

ceflary to covet it with vegetable mold. Now it is certain
that within ſeventeen hundred years, ſeven: different ſtrata
of lara have \flowed from Veſuvius, which are now viſible,

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with interjacent ſtrata of vegetable earth. The e
of this mountain which deffroyed Herculaneum, and in

which Pliny periſhed, is well known to have happened in

the year 79, A. D. And we are informed by unqueſtionable

authority, that . the matter yhich covers the ancient town _

of Herculaneum is not the produce of one eruption only;

for there are evident marks, that the matter of ſix eruptions _
has taken its courſe over that which lies immediatel above
the town, and was the cauſe of its deſtruction. ſtrata

are either of lava or burnt matter, with veins of good foil
betwixt them. Hence it is evident from fact, in oppoſition

to theory, that ſeyenteen hundred years may effect hat! ie

was ſuppoſed would require fourteen thouſand.

Let me caution your young readers to beware of ad vain

philoſophy,” and not to decide haſtily againſt religion, on

the bold affertions of men, whoſe own ignorance is often the
cauſe of their infidelity, Moſt of their objeRtions are like
that we have juſt refuted, a may wh as has and ſatis-
factorily anſwered. IRS

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Perhaps the following Letter, extracted from Willet's Ca
mentary upon Daniel, may deſerve preſervation, it being
the confeſſion of R. Samuel, ſent in an epiſtte to R.

Iſaak, about 790 years fince, who, upon the evidence of

the propheſy of Daniel, was eee that the Meſſiah
was come. 5

Stockton, VV REES POSTHUMOUS.

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in the 9th chapter, prop be now fulfilled. After 2 weeks

Meffiah ſhall be lain, and a — wan come with a
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this is the perpetual deſtruction and deſolation' in this c
tivity wherein we are: for now there are à thouſand

* and the Lord plainly ſaith by his Prophet, that e

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= ag wa 6 x we will ſay. hot! before the kiltng of Chriſt
we were in de ſolation, the Chriſtians will anſwer: us, that

before his death we had but a deſslation for 10 years; and
after this we were brought into the land of /promiſe, and
were in grace and favour with God. Truly, Sir, I ſee no
evaſion: for it is cy unto us in facts, that aſter 70 weeks

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: Cota. even Titus, and the people of Rome, and did
unto us according to this propheſy. Now à thouſand years
are paſt, and we are notwithſtanding under God's Wratb,
and yet we truſt in him, expecting a Meſſiah to come; and

that we ſhall return into the land of omiſe, and reſtore the
city and temple, aud that we ſhall be in favour with God,

NN and ſo this deſolation not to be perpetual, but temporal.

Alas, Sir, this excuſe. and evaſion hangeth not to ee |

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occastoER SY THE EXTRAORDINARY PRICE OF Be BAD.

HE preſent. ſeareity of grain and dearneſs of bread,
is am affliction of ſo general and i Jerious a kind, as to
call upon us all to“ confi er our ways.” May it not be
ſaid to us, as it once was to the Jews, „Ve looked for

7 much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought, it

home, I did blow upon it?” But © Is there evil in the city,

and the Lord hath. not. done it?” Surely the Lord calls us

tb repentance. * Our fins have Eamted between him

and us, and have kept good things from us.“ It is on this
: a fruitful land into barrenneſs.”

Bleſſed be God for the hopes of ſupplies ſpeedily. In

mo mean time, let the people of God live by faith on theit

heavenly Farter. Bear name, full of encouragement!
He knows we have need of bread; 4 he bids us 9

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from his paternal heart what a ſinful mortal cannot deny at ma

dhe requeſt of is child. He who provides for beaſts, ang - Wl
birds, and fiſhes, will not forget his children. Are we not. - mY
much better than they? Take then no anxious thought for 8 = 11 |

to-morrow ; ſeek firſt the kingdom of God and his righte-

_ oulſueſs, and the neceſſaries of life ſhall! be added. Ilie

all, ſnall he not with him alſo freely give us all things ?: ==
Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Let us call to mind _
ho wonderfully that man of God was ſuſtained by the mi- I
niſtry of ravens: bread -and-fleſh were brought him every _
morning and evening. How wonderful is God's authority mY
cover the creatures! Theſe ravenops birds were his daily 1
puryeyors, and he can ſtill employ means the leaſt pro i
mifing to effect our ſupply. 7. —_
© The ſtock of grain in hand is faid to be very ſmall. Let -
us call to mind the widow of Sarepta.* Elijah, at the
command of God; afks this poor woman for a draught of >. bl.
water, and a cake of bread: Alas!” ſaid ſhe, © I have A609
but a handful of meal left, and a little oil in a-cruſe, ng
Jam gathering. two ſticks that I may dreſs it for me and my TT
fon, that we may eat it and die.” In her expectation it was _—

likely to be the laſt meal,” yet ſhe complies with the bold
requeſt of the prophet; . believing, the promiſe of God by
him, „The meal ſhall not waſte, nor the oil fail, till tie
Lord ſend rain on the earth.” O for the widow's faith in
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Fake courage then, poor believer; py in ſpirit, and
preſſed with want.” © 'Fruft in the Lord; and do good, ſo
ſhalt thou dwell in tlie land; and verily thou ſhalt be fed,”
or, © fed by faith.” Look over. theſe precious promiſes .
adapted to the preſent time. Pſalm xxxiii. 18, 5 Behold ' -
the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him; upon them
that hope in his mercy. To deliver their ſoul from death,
and to keep them alive in famige.” Pſalm. xxxiv, 9, 10,
0 fear the Lord, ye his ſaints; for there is no want ta
them that fear him. The young lions do lack and ſuffer 55
hunger, but they that ſeck the Lord ſhall not want any gaog 4
thing.” And again, Pſalm xxxvii. 19, „ They ſhall not be ao
aſhamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they =
ſhall be Globe?” Pu “ One "2.
Say not, deſponding chriſtian, with the unbelieving peer
at the gate of Samaria, © Behold, if the Lord would make

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. rained dawn, from heaven, as manna once Was, =
_ the promiſe as yore FulGilled: . But m9
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| Ton ah Pilate; when be my the e Jeſyus
to the inſulting crowd; and while we hear him ex-
Flaim, * Bebold the Man !”? we it enquire av 5 E50
1 which led him to call the de e of the Jews to cs
| furrgunded as he was with circumſtances of 18 65 dil.
* Was it pride? Ah ! ſuch is the naughtineſs of the
uman heart, as to conceit the promotion or ſuppreſſion, of
-brift's kingdom is in the power of man. Was it enmi 7
The carnal mind is enmity againſt God. Was it pity?

„ for humanity and compaſſion,” may put many 5

. of religion to the bluſh. 4

But wewithdraw our attention from Pilate and fix itupo a -Þ
Jeſus. Will the reader permit me to conduct him where he
all have opportgnity. of beholding this man in a fituation

truly intereiting? I do not mean To exhibit the Saviour ir
Bis circumſtances of exaltation, ↄtherwiſe I would lead him
to the garden take our ſtandipg hard by the ſepulchre, and
behold him riſing from the dead. From thence. I would ac-
company him to Mount Olivet, and with the gazing diſciples
Tee bim afcend on high, amidſt the acclamations of the hear.
ly world, and fitting down on the right hand of the Ma-
ay y on mig. Or I would anticipate his ſeco coming,
n the glory of his Father, and of all his holy Angels, to
judge the quick and dead. I might then ſay with peculiar
mphaſis, “ Behold the Man! Behold the Man, whom
\ God delights to honour !“ But this 3 is not the ſcene for a |
preſent contemplation.
' Neither do I mean, we ſhould. be the bf pectalors of |
all the circumſtances of his humiliation. We 1 view
him i indeed i in the ſtable, and i in the manger In the wiſder-

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MEDITATION ON FOHN," XIX. 5. 1
derneſs, for forty days and nights, denying himfelf. the ne-
ceſſaxies of life, and confliting with all the powers of dafk-
| gelt In the garden of Gethiemane, ſweating great drops
of blood, under the preſſure of almighty wratk On Mount
. Calvary, a ſpeRtacle of blood and miſery, which aſtoniſhed
angels. But let us“ behold the Man,” as he appeared when- _
Piſate led him forth to the people. Then Pilate therefore
took Jeſus. and ſcourged him; and the ſoldiers plaited a
crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him
a purple robe, and faid, Hail, King of the Jews!” and they
ſmote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth
again, and faith unto them, Behold I bring him forth to
vou, that ye o_ know that I find no fault in him.“ Then
came Jeſus forth wearing the crown of thorns, and the pur-
ple robe: © And Pilate faith unto them, Behold the Man!“
Hove then tt atiention is arreſted. Here let us gaze. Here
we behold innocence and purity itſelf; a man of ſorrows,
and acquainted with grief. This is the man of whom Moſes
and the prophets wrote as the Mefhah; a man more than
human; a man united to divinity. In this man behold him
who has created all things, and upholds all things by the
word of his power; he whoſe will is univerſal law; he who

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In this Man behold a union of the greateſt contraſts. He
who is crowned with glory wears the plaiting of thorns. He
who is cloathed with majeſty is arrayed in a foldier's robe.
He who ſways a ſceptre over all worlds, holds in his hands
an inſignificant reed. He whoſe countenance is as the fun
ſhining in its n is disfigured with vile ſpittle, and with

blood. He who is the object of angelic adoration is the
ſport of fools, and inſuſted by a moo.
© Behold the Man, and then; believer, learn to expect
affliction and perſecution. What patience what ſub-
miſſion! what conſtancy !' did he eyince amidſt the ſharpeſt
ain, and the greateſt ſhame. Go thou and learn to do
likewiſe. © NT | NES
What ſtriking proofs have we here, that the carnal mind
is enmity againſt God! Every office the Saviour ſuſtains
renders him an obje& of implacable hatred. See him in-
ſulted as a prophet, when they hoodwinked him, ſmote him
on the face, and faid to him, Prophecy unto us, who
ſmiteth thee.” See him inſulted as a pricf, when they
nailed him to the" croſs, and faid to him, with a ſneer,
Thou that ſaveſt others, ſave. thy ſelf.” See him in-
ſulted as a king. Ihey put thorns on his head for a crown 4
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1 in his havd fora ſceptre; a ane rag on him ft 1
a robe. Th J hirn on a- croſs for a thröne. Theyß
der ide knee before him in folemnimockery; mite him 6g

the head, and cry, Hail, King of the ew: I
I ſee this wonderful Man in all the ſcene of his Ghee 4
a him ſay,:** Is it nothing to you all ye that paſs by?
Behold, and ſee if there be any ſorrow: * unto my 4 4
row. ; enquire what is the cauſe? Say, Pilate,” ref Ju.
das, and „ee Fl men of Iſrae}, what accuſation do- you bring
r which he ought to ſuffer? I receiyer-no' an-

againſt him
15 — but the clamour of a multitude. I hear one, indeed,
who ſuffered with him bear teſtimony, 40 This man hath
done nothing amiſs.” Another who betrayed: him, «1 rh :
betrayed innocent blood.“ The Judge who condemned
+ ſind no fault in him;' while he himſelf demands e This
enemies to their face; Which of you convinceth me of
min - Revelation alone can explain this myſtery. I learn
from the mouth of Iſaiah, 5 He was wounded for our. tranſ-
greſſions; he was bruiſed: for our iniquities, the chaſtiſe.
ment of our peace was upon him, and with his ſtripes we
are healed. 5 Waren. proof this, that his ſufferings
were vicarious. N
Here let me read the nature and extent of. bi 1050
the magnitude of his affliction, the dignity of his perſon,
and the character of thoſe for whom he was afflicted; and
then exclaim, with John,“ Behold, what manner of love! *
and with Paul, The love of Chriſt paſſeth knowledge.” 1
Come then, my ſoul, direct thine eyes to Jeſus. From
day to day behold bim, until thou art changed into the ſame
image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord;
until all created good has loſt its excellency in thine eſteem,
and Chriſt become allin all. Oh, be it thy privilege: to be-
hold this man on earth, and to be favoured with uncloudes
viſion, and everlaſting enjoyment of him. in Ree !
iN Wilton, „ F J. *.

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| A WARNING TO SCOFFERS. 1 i

To the Editor, IE

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"HE following recent fact w I Luſi city „ how
1 awful a thing it is to make a mock of fin, and openly
deride the Goſpel. 4
4 he laſt Sabbath fortnight 1 went in the evening to
prone

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where I Was preaching. As ſoon. as they had fixed them-

ſelves in the moſt obſcure part of the houſe, they ſmiled one
at another, and from ſmiles advanced to laughing and talk-
ing One of them, more hardened than the reſt, made him-

ſelf very conſpicuous, by unbecoming geſtares, &c. and I
endeavoured to make him more ſo, by the following me-

A WARNING To $EOFFERS. | , © 151

than I perceived four or five young men enter the room

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thod of reproof: At firſt, I made a full ſtop for about a mi-

nute; but this not anſwering, I then fixed my eyes upon

him, ſuppoſing a ſtern look would put him to ſilence; but

this not-ſueceeding, I was compelled to have recourſe to

verbal reproof. I firſt b gged him, as an act of friendſhi

to his immortal foul, to confider the awful confequences
attending thoſe who rebel againſt God, deſpiſe the goſ-
pel of Jeſus, and deride the inſtitutions of religious Wor-

ſhip.—[ then intreated him to remember the tremendous

judgments, denounced by the prophet, and quoted by the
apoſtle Paul, „Beware, therefore, left that come upon you
which is ſpoken of in the prophets: behold, ye 2 ers,
and wonder, and petiſh; for T work a work in your day, a
work which you will in no wiſe believe, though a man de-
clare it unto you.” And, laſtly, I informed him, that though

he might eſcape puniſhment from the laws of his country,
to which he had rendered himfelf obnoxious; and that not-

withſtanding he might eſcape the preſent judgments of the
Almighty ; yet a reprieve was not pardon, and there was à
time haſtening on when all impenitent oppoſers of God's

word would feel the indignation of a fin-avenging God.

I therefore recommended him truly to confider (before it
was too late) the words of Job, He is wile in heart, and

mighty in ſtrength; who hath hardened himſelf againſt

him, and proſpered ?”

*

This admonition evidently filled him with confuſion of
face, and prevented him from again confronting me during

the reſt of the ſervice ; but I do not know that he manj-
teſted any marks of contrition for tlie offence. I diſmiſſed
the aſſembly, the young man returned to his habitation ; but
awful to relate; his race was nearly run, and but a few days

after, death approached, with circumſtances that ſhould ope-

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envy... This is a vice of fo hateful an aſpect, and ſo black a

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with, renounces the charge with indignation: But elpe-

cially this paſſion is moſt unreaſonable, when it has the proſ-
perity of wicked men for its object, Envy ſmiles at, and is

delighted with the ſorrows of others; it feeds on infamy

and reproach, and grieves at all that is good and comfortabſe
in the lot of others. Yet this very malignant vice, makes

its way ſometimes into the very foul that. i 18 born of God,

be and that ay Be s to be an inhabitant of heaven; and too often

breaks out before the eyes of the world, and to the ſhame

and ſcandal of religion; rejoicing in miſchief, and fretting.

at the, peace and welfare of others. Even the holy P Pſalmitt
was ſometimes. overtaken with this paſſion, as in the 73d

Pſalm; but at laſt, when by the grace of God he had re-

covered himſelf, be calls it by its proper name, I was envi-.

aus at the fooliſh q. d.. How unreaſonable a part did I at,
when I looked upon the wicked while in proſperity, as the

', only happy perſons, whom now I ſee to be 9nly fools, having,

therr portion in this world; not having treaſures laid up in
heaven?” And therefore he exhorts all true believers not to

give way to this temper, nor to fret at the wicked man, who.

1 eth in his way; but to do good, and to be thankful;
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at the ſenſe; fubmit to them, whether a perſon who is
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2 ſufficient difadvantages, and require every, help that can

be given ; and, as at purchaſin "arm books the unlearned _

are not allowed any diſcount, 1 pe they will thiok it but
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they can read for their money. |

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1 am, Sir, your conſtant reader, i

STATE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC - CHURCH n IN
FRANCE SINCE THE REVOLUTION. |
ARION 8 are the ſentiments which men form TR

ing the ſtate of religion in France, ſince the erection

ef the republic. Many have ſuppoſed every veſtige of it
to be gone; others, that its rites may be adminiſtered in
ſome places, but by men of abandoned characters, who are
generally deſpiſed; Land their functions diſregarded. It gives
the Editors of the Evangelical Magazine noch pleaſure to
be able to gratify the Aer of their readers on this point,

from documents of unqueſtionable authority.

Dn the time of Robeſpierre their ſufferings were ſe- ;

vere. After his fall the enjoyed greater quiet; and in
Vol. VIII. » Y p 1 the

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the year 1795 it was opoſed by ſome of the Members of
the ancient church, that the Catholics ſhould be united as

1854 STATE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

a religious body, and for this purpoſe a . was publiſned

by five biſhops, entitled A Circular Letter from ſeveral
- .<« Biſhops of France to their Brethren the other Biſhops, and
_ ©-to the various Churches.“ Printed at Paris.
In this letter they give a Declaration of their Faith :—
4 The Church,“ they ſay, is the Congregation of the

F Faithful, whoſe inviſible Head is Chriſt, and whoſe vifi-
A ple Head is the Pope! We acknowledge that the Go-
. yernment of the Church is entirely ſpiritual ; and that it

«cannot interfere, directly or indirectly, with the State.”
_ This letter appears to have been well received; for thirty.

four Biſhops beſides other ecclefiaſtics, ſubſcribed the arti-
-— cles of Faith. In the end of the ſame yeat, it was followed
by another letter, which contains a great variety of impot .
tant ſentiments, and intereſting propoſals, for the regulation

of the diſcipline and government of the Church, {': _
In conſequence of theſe publications, and of the evident
withes of a great body of Catholics, a national council met

at Paris in the year 1797, which continued its 18 8
* hops,
And by fifty-three Priefts, who were deputed to Retr av |
the inferiorclergy of the different dioceſes. A very parti-
cular account is given of this aſſembly, in a publication of
the ſame. year entitled. Canons and Proceedings of the Na-
tional Council of France, held at Paris in 1797, from the
15th Auguſt to the 12th November, digeſted by the Bifhops

ſeveral months. It was attended by thirty-three Bi

re- united at Paris.?
In the plan agreed on by

is, © the Election of the Biſhops by the Clergy and the

% People.” The following ſentiments are worthy of atten-

tion: We believe and teach that the Church has received
from Chriſt the power of ſelf-government, a power eſſen-

tial to every ſociety; but its authority is merely ſpiritual,

and its object the ſalvation of ſouls.” + Biſhops and Prieſts
are not created for themſelves, but ſolely for the people,
and their miniſtry is a miniſtry of confidence, and not of

domination.— We condemn all maxims and propoſitions,
tending to encourage acts of violence, under he pretence
of defending the Catholic Faith. We condemn ſuch mea-

ſures as antichriſtian, and ſubverſive of the principles of out
holy religion, which eſtabliſhes itſelf by meekneſs, and

love, and knows no other arms than prayer and the word

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- . $TATE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. . 135
Very great attention was paid by the Council to the edu-
cation of children ; and the ſchools were put under the joint
care of the biſhops, the reQors, and the pariſhioners,—

« The-primary objects, they ſay, of chriſtian ſchools are

to teach children the elements of religion, and the princi-

pal parts of the morality of the:goipeL?” 7 7 on: A 13

In another publication entitled An Account laid before JE
the National Council, by Citizen Gregoire, of the labours - i
of the Biſhops re- united at Paris” Printed by order of the 1 *
National Council, Paris 1797. An intereſting detail is given 9 9
to the Council, of the ſtate of the Church of France pr:
vious to its meeting, and of the means uſed by the Biſhops. re | *
for the reſtoration of religion. One of theſe was the cir- —_
culation of religious books. In the lift it affords no leſs p19

_ pleaſure than ſurprize, to ſee Biſhop Watſon's Apology for
the Bible. Miſſions were alſo eſtabliſhed. ©oT” _
The attention of the Council was not confined to France;
for in “a Paſtoral Letter of the Biſhops re-united at Paris,
to the Paſtors and the Faithful in the French Colonies,” _
publiſhed ſoon afterwards, along with an account of their
. praceedings, they gave an earneſt invitation to them to
unite with the Gallican Church. n. . ih = HE
A curious publication has appeared from a member of te
preſent Gallican Church, which has for its title A Trea
tile on the Agreement between the Republican inſtitutions
and the Rules of the Church.” —Paris. - By way of ſpeci-
men the following ſentiments are ſubjoined, «1

*

„The changes made in the months and weeks have given

offence; but this is eafily removed. The primitive Chriſ-

tians acquieſced in the Pagan calendar; and modern Chriſ-

tians are not prevented, by conforming to a Republican
calendar, from having one of their own. The Jews follow

a calendar of their own among themſelves; but in their

intercourſe with others, that of the State. Beſides the al-

tcrations in the names of the months and days are not un-
favourable to chriſtianity, as thus Pagan names are ſuper- © *
leded. The decadary days are not worſe than Ides, Nones, 2
or Calends; nor do they prevent the pious Chriſtian from

landtifying his ſabbath, which, though not to be obſerred

in the rigid manner of the Jewiſh ſabbath, is to be always

« day of repoſe to the chriſtian world.? gy
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| The — TW letter of that lea add | ir 91 |
- ous man, tlie late Rev. B. Beddome, paſtor of the Baptil
8 at Bourton on the water, having lately been put
_ hands by one of his relations to whom it was
4 ed; I obtained leave to make an extract, which
Hs are at liberty to infert in the Fvangelical Magazine,
57 pv Arid as well as it has. FORE. Four -orrel-

ho ns July 23, 1459.

2 — © 3 that my Rn Pe when you were at
rton was not more inſtrutive.., Alas! 1,often think of
"the words of one of the firſt Reformers :- «Old Adam is too
cunn e ben ng Melancthon.“ If my preaching has been

- bleflt others, if it was ſo in the leaſt TI you,
not the er, but God muſt have the glory Whitte-
ver I hear from others, I ſee, I feel, in myſelf to

keep me humble. May your good wiſhes in your letter be
n turned into fervent pray ers to God, in my be-
half: for I may ſay of the things wiſhed, as David does of
the well-ordered covenant, they contain all my ſalvation,
and are all my deſire; and I return them by wiſhing you
all needful Bir lies” of grace here, and a well-grounded
ſoul-enlivening . of glory hereafter. O may we be

re and more prepared for that ſtate where all the en-
we of friendſhip will be felt, without thoſe unhappy
mixtures which epi all i en upon _ Thus

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= BESEARKABLE CONVERSION. | fp EN

"Ty Lord has various means to bring about his own
gracious purpoſes, and ſometimes condeſcends to

5 ke uſe of incidents, apparently trifling, to accompliſh
bis moſt important deſigns. The truth 0 this remark may
| beexemplitied in the following fact: — A dogg ie,
of high connections, and great reſpectabili

as induced

by gay acquaintance to accompany them op a ball. Arrived
dt the ſcene of diſſipation,” the feſtive company proceeded

to their amuſement. The muſic ſtruck up, and he, among
— my was 1 Sg with the diverſion. / In =
midit

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. laſt of ere gert us hog eſſenger h
ſent immediately heaven, the wok 1 firm one.— That |
Aua paſſage "of Dr. Young's inſtantly ruſhed upon his :
min
. Tre bell artes ones take no note of Tine
N. h 4 But from its loſs—to. ive it then a 28
ls wise in man. As if an angel poke, my
e l the ſolemn ſound z if heard aright (ENS MN
5 It is the knell of my dep arted hours. |
Where are they? With the years ee
4 ft is the fignal that demands diſpatch,
How muct is to be done? My hopes and fears © e
ee eee N
„% Look. down-—on what? a fathomleſs 7. ;
% A dread eternity. _
Conia” ſeized the oth, and med and .
be inſtantly left the di ipated throng, and retired to his
cloſet... The reſult was a ſaving change, and he is now a
Chriſtian indeed, in whom is no guile. 72
Reader, art thou an admirer of the faſhionable follies of |
the age? Remember they lead to the chambers of eternal
death. Leave then—oh leave theſe deluding phantoms af
an hour, and employ the uncertain moments left thee, in
ſceking for thoſe ee e 2 eternal
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ANECDOTE OF THE LATE MR. BU RGESS.

WHEN Mr. B. was a boy he went with a load' of ford |
? wheat to a farm-houſs ſome miles diſtant ; on the road they
met a waggoner, who aſked where they were going. 'They
told him; and he anſwered, © The Lord have mercy upon
you then, for you and your horſes will be ſadly taken care
of.” When they arrived at the houſe, the maſter came out
and ſaid, „“ Well, my boys, you are ſafely arrived, come
in and refreſh yourſelves, my men ſhall unload your wheat
and take dare of your horſes. This was accordingly done.
When B. was in the houſe partaking of his hoſpitality, he
thought certainly this man was one of thoſe he read of in
the Bible, who were deſpiſed for their religion; being ex-
ceedingly ſurpriſed to find him act ſo contrary to the ac-
count he had heard, when looking at the chimne he
law the following line?

* I have no houſe- room for the curſed [wearers
Nor any welcome for the falſe tale-bearer ;
The liar ſhall not in my preſence dwell; - _ ,
Such gueſts as thoſe are my fit for hell,”

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8 tey, near Molverſiampton, having loſt a conſiderable ſum
by a match at cock-fighting, to which practice he was no-

doriouſly addicted, ſwore, in the moſt horrid manner, that

would never fight another cock as long as he lived;

frequently calling upon God to damn his ſont to all eter-
-nity if he did; and, with dreadful imprecations, wiſhing -

_ the devil might fetch him if eyer he made another bet.
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other abomination to which his depraved' heart inclined

him. But, about two years afterwards, Satan, whoſe will- *
ning ſervant he was, inſpired him with a violent defire to at-
tend a cocking at Wolverhampton, and he complied with the

temptation. When he came to the place he ſtood-up, as.

zn defiance of heaven, and cried, © I hold four to three n

_ fuch a cock.” —* Four what?“ ſaid one of his companions. :
in iniquity. Four ſhillings,” replied he.—“ PI] lay,” faid

the other. Upon which they confirmed the wager, and as-

| his cuſtom was, he threw down his hat, and put his hand in
- his pocket for the money, when, awful to relate, be-inſtantly

fell a ghaſtly corpſe to the ground. Terrified at his ſudden

death, ſome who were preſent for ever after defiſted from
this infamous ſport; but others, hardened in iniquity, pro-

ceded in the barbarous diverſion, as ſoon as the dead body

was removed from the ſpot. | _. Ye CO Rae
This melancholy circumſtance happened on a Thurſday.
On the N following, when a number of his relations

hbours were conveying his body to the grave, a dog
the coffin, (which was carried I ſuppoſe underhand by nap-
kins, or on a bier), the dog was ſtruck, to all appearance,
dead; but, being again recovered and let looſe, ran a ſecond

* Commuricated to me by a pious perſon, who wrote it from the mouth

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of her father, a late miniſter of the goſpel, near Wolverhampton, and who

well knew and often repeated this terrible fats.

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: time 4 the coffin, and was taken ap aQually dead, to

rreat aſtoniſhment of the er pany. Thoſe who con-
ed that Ns durſt not for the

he the corpſe were ſo terri
preſent proceed to the church: yard, but propoſed to leave

the body on the ſpot ; at length, however, reſurging their 4
courage, they conveyed him to the grave. EY
—_— fear of the. wicked all come upon him? ang. 2
% Pio ever hardened. himſelf againſt. God, and proſpered 4 TB:

By 4 ſuch fignal interpoſitions of divine providence the Lord
'- ſhows he hath not forſaken the earth. May © many” who
read or 0 hear theſe lines, 6 fear; and turn to the Lord.”

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WE think the man fick who has loſt” his appetite; and
7 o it. is with our ſouls; they languiſh and are in an |

| ſtate as long as they axe without a ſpiritual hunger for that

food which cometh from God. * Fenelon”
To 'know' the wonders of God's kingdom we mult be

born again; and to be born again we muſt die. Tam.
1 worſt kind of poverty is = to be ſenſible of our
wants. 5 Idem.
The greateſt glory that any e can be m to
partake of, is to ſerve the pleaſure, and ſet forth the
praiſe of its Creator: It is e even in the Angels to
ſerve the God of glor. Dr. Owen.

Your ſtate. is not to be meaferad by the oppoſition fin

makes to you, but by the oppoſition you make to it. Idem.

To receive mercy and forgiveneſs ſolely on the account
of Chriſt, and then to yield all obedience in the ſtrength

of Chriſt, and for the love of Chriit, is in life of a true
believer.. N dem.
Mercy ayd pardon as not come forth font God as light

from the ſun, or water from the ſea, whether they will or

not. There muſt be an interpoſition of a free act of the
will of God, to deal with us e to this his bene vo-

lence and goodneſs. Tdem.
He who hath flight. thoughts of fin, had never reat

thoughts of God. dem.

David was never more . for fi 3 when Na-

than told him it was forgiven. Idem.

It is the work of heaven itſelt, and at of the aſſurance

of it, to wipe away all tears from our eyes. dem.
The life of a "ou: Clergyman is viſible rhetoric.

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| T Grit volume of this work brings down the chriſtian hiſtory to the
end of the fourth century, and cbmprehends the whole of that period
which the learned author denominates the Riſe of the Church of Chriſt _
This we have already conſſder ke.
Phe ſecond period, or the hiſtory of the'd | of the churt wrch, which
commences with. the fifth and terminates with the fifteenth century, dccu-
i p of the ſecond volume. It is 3 into centuries,

ur r Ihe firſt

_ third, its government, rites, -ceremonies, 'herefies, and fchiſms—and'the
fourth, the true church. Theſe ſubdiviſions are ſometimes expreſſed by
different terms,' and in a few inſtances their order is inverted; and hereſies

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| arate chapter, probably with a view to prevent an apparent uniformity ,

n iy But moſſ readers, we believe, would be better pleaſed

if the order not been varied, as uniform artangementſin works of this
kind is no blemiſh, and tends. greatly to aſſiſt the memory. ' Beſides, we
queſtion the propriety of diſtinguiſhing the government, rites, &c. from the;
internal ſtate of the church, as they evidently claſs. under that general
head, and ſhould” be treated only as particular branches of it. So Mo-
meim has conſidered them in his Eccleſiaſtical Hiſtory, which is the tent

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book, from whence theſe materials are chiefly taken. oo X
- . Gladly would we give an analyſis of this period as we did of the former, .
but dare not attempt it, as the recurrence of the ſame formula for ſo many |
. centuries would occaſion numerous repetitions, or lead us, if we endea-
voured to avoid them, into toa great prolixity. We, therefore, paſs over
theſe gloomy ages of rapacity, cruelty,” monkiſh ignorance, Ru fuperſti-
tion, obſerving only that here and there a ſtar was ſeen in the firmament

amidſt the ſurrounding darkneſs of error, which proved that the chaos of

en the earth. ; e 3
But at the commencement of the third period, or revival of the church,
Luther, the bright and morning ftar of the reformation, appears chaſing |

aganiſm. had not altogether returned, nor the God of truth entirely for-

away the ſhades of night, and indicating the near approach of the Sun of

Righteouſneſs, about to ariſe upon the world with healing under his wings.
Every page now becomes intereſting. Kingdom after kingdom, en-
. lightened' by the goſpel, ſhake off the papal yoke, and the doctrines of
ſtles and prophets revived in the reformers, again produce the happieſt
effects. The hifſtcry of the reformation, the ſteps that Jed to it, the prin-
cipal inſtruments by which it was effected, and the progreſs it made to the

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; Tketches, we will conclude this article y ſelecting, as a ſpecimen; the cha-
racter of Eraſmus; a man who greatly contributed to the accompliſhment
of the reformation, though deſervedly exchided from the hon6ur of being

numbered with the venerable reformers. | e

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During theſe commotions, one great chara ter, which, all deſired to
draw over to their party, conſcious of the weight of bis influence, main -
tained a ſuſpicious neutrality, ERASMUs, whom the keenneſs of his wit,
the acuteneſs of his genius, and depth of his learning, raiſed to the pinna-
cle of univerfal admiration, had, before Luther. aroſe, pute arpen
the ſhafts of ridicule againſt the monkiſh ignorance and abuſes; by his
writings he had greatlyJooſened the ſhackles of blind veneration for the

mendicant tribes; and prepared men's minds for the | reformation, 'To +

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him, Luther, Melanfthon, and other reformers, warnily addreſſed them-
ſelves. He anſwered e witk the moſt vary caution
not to commit himſelf as a favourer of their cauſe; though hie profeſſed to

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admit the chief doctrines which they promulged;, and to acknowledge. the

neceſſity of a reform, to-which no man had more contributed > their writ-
ings than himſelf. Vet he dreaded a rupture With the Pontiff z and flat -
tered himſelf the obje& would be accompliſhed by the neceſſity of the caſe, -
without violence, He would bave been content with ſome conceſſions, and
trembled at the riide hand of haſty reform. His ſtudy and books delighted |
him more than the activity of. a labourer in the vineyard.: and his. temper
indiſpoſed him for the ſtormy ocean, which Luther dared to brave. He
profeſſed a high veneration for the bold reformer; and though he ſhunned _
all intimacy that would have S him to reproach,, he did not ſeruple
to condemn the injuſtice and folly of the treatment which Luther had re-

. teived from Leo; and plainly nianifeſted his appretienfions, that the enmity
of. the ſacerdotal tribe, more than any real ecrors of the monk; was the
cauſe of his condemnation. He dreaded alſo that the Lee 2c my of Lu-
ther would bring him to an untimely end, as it had done © many preced-
ing witneſſes for the truth; and that the conſequences would be fatdd to _.
the cauſe : and probably the cowardice of his own ſpirit made him fear to

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he involved in the dangers which he apprehended: - He maintained a cau-

tious reſerve on the ſybje& of Luther's. writings, and though he condemned
the man, becauſe the Church had condemned him, and cenſured the vio-
lence. of his proceedings; he declined anſwering _ reformer to which he
was greatly uvged; and left that-honour to the
cans, and Frangiſcans; pretending unwillingneſs to rob them of-the glory.
In fact, in all eſſential dodrines, Eraſmus. was with the reformers; and
law as clearly the neceſſity of correcting the abuſes which prevailed in the

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and however much his mind inclined to one ſide, his dread of conſequences
bent him as much to the other, and kept him ſuſpended between the at-
tracting magneis. Thus, feared by both parties, cordislly loved by nei-
ther, ſuſpected by all, he obtained not the, favour of Rome; but was left
to ſangwith in m-ligence! and he ſhared none of the glory of reformation;
by meanly ſhrinking from the Groſs. A great man, à good man, an

admired man; but not daring to take a decided part; he remained the

vigdim of his own cautious. timidity.. |

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price: —a price at preſent below that of paper and print, and which conſe-

quently requires ſubſcriptions to make up the deficzency.

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%% M. STEPHEN STRONG. | in
THIS good man, whoſe mortal race terminated on the Lord's day
morning, Sept. 1, 1799, was the ſubje& of a long and heavy afflition,
which he bore with a fortitude of mind that ſurpriſed thoſe who were not
acquainted with the power of grace, and greatly encouraged thoſe who were,
For more than two years he was declining; but was not onte heard 0
murmur, or charge God fooliſhly. When aſked whether he had not ſome -
times thought the Lord dealt hardly with him, he replied wiilj peculiar
energy, Never never! While he was able to diſcourſe, the pre-
ciouſneſs of Chriſt was his conſtant topic; but for ſome time before his
death, he breathed with ſp much difficulty as to prevent his ſaying much,
yet the frame of his mind was ſerene and happy. He ſpoke of death _
(which for ſome time he daily expected) without the leaſt emotion; and
when he came witliin a few hours of it, was particularly anxious to de-
part, and to be with Chrilt ; often ſaying, Come Lord, come Lord, why
ate thy chariot wheels ſo long in coming?” After laying a little while.
_ compoſed, he aſked What's o'clock? and was anſwered three; . In one
hour more,” ſaid he, I ſhall be in glory.” Then ſeeing his wife, bro-
ther, and ſiſter, with others, ſtanding by his bed, be ſaid, * May the great
dun of Righteouſneſs ariſe and ſhine week you all. - The Lord bleſs you
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bes Son after be fell alleep in Jeſus, His TRY 8
terred on the following-{abbath, in 0 burying- ground belonging to the

7 | 7 chapeſ in Yeovil, Somerſet, and a funeral 9 preached from John wm.
17. by the Rey. J. W. , Morren ; the Wage ME choſea by hin; and
lad * remarkably TOR bim. > 5 4 8 of 20 . N 5 * 9 859 bs 19 7 M.

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ng . 18 17 8. ted Eliz. Howard. If Biſhana, Briks, aged .

- |, -years; *She had deen fayoured with frequent "opportunities of hearin
Me Golpel for ſeveral eats, and appeared to have EA concern for the ll

-” | vation of her foul a'confiderable time previous to her death. Abobt a

i onth before that ſolemn event, an intimate chriſtian friend called on her.

= informed him of her being very ill, and, from the nature of her diſ-

* . he N büt little hope of recovering ; % t Hou ough I Know,”

mme added, © all things are poſſible with God.” In the chufle of two or

- _- three days he pw meg again, and found her bodily weakneſs' encreah * one

She was then confined ks her bed, and under great concern leſt ſhe 1

1 E rational tacult 5 7 S the Hae time ſhe rt jo A -defire to be

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ie PN pro evening he ie ag her again ; ; the GC evid 4 alice. 5
1 5 chow was: very painful, but hoped the d be kept: from indulging a mur-
muring ſpirit. She ſaid, ““ I have every neceſſary attendance for my body,
And there is all I can Rt for my. foul in Jeius.” Four days. afterwards
ba calied again, and found her getting weaker in body; but ſtrengthel 7
| the good Spirit of God in her inward man. © T hope,“ ſaid ſhe, 41
ſhall not be long here, having a deſire to depart, and to be with Chriſt,
which is far better..
-In a ſhort time afterward her little filter (a child about four years ofa ge)
reſented a roſe to her; ſhe thanked her, and aid,“ This is like me,
._ cropped off in its bloom ; but I don't repine, as I am going to an eternal
1 world of happineſs.” Phe following evening her friend thought he diſco-
vVered ſymptoms of deathun her, and laying his hand on her fare, ſne ſaid,
ng With a ſmile, © It is only a heap of bones. On which he remarked that
Joſeph; when dying, gave commandment to the children of Ifrael con-
cerning his bones. She anſwered with | great vivacity, * And I have given
- commandment concerning my bones; alluding ro the defire the had ex-
preſſed to her parents that her funeral might be conducted with as little ex
pence and cer N as decency would permit. Jeſus,**ſhe added, ill
= take care of my duſt as well as of my ſoul. I thought I mould have ſpent
Frog the laſt ſabbath with him, but it will not be long before Þ thall ſpend an
= eternal one in is preſence,” The next evening ihe was found rejoicing in
à 4 crucified Redeemer; . Jeſus,” faid ſhe, © has taken away the ſting: of
# | death, by dying for ma; and } ſhall ſoon be with him in glory“?
Many perſons who attended her death-bed admired the evidence it af-
forded of the reality of religion, and ſaw, with pleaſing aftoniſhment,. how
bappy ſhe was, at times, in the proſpect of diſſolution; but - although the
0 was, for the moſt e toward the clole of life faroured d with clows views of

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her intoreſt in the Saviour, Jet a alſo, knew e, & ſore tempt ;
1 * At the commencement of her illneſs ſhe felt her mind ſometimes
harraſſed with doubts ang fears, reſpecting the ſafety of her ſtafe; but n
Lord's day, September 16, the miniſter on hom the uſually attended, and,

_ who had witneſſed the peace and conſolalion with which ſhe. had been
bleſſed under her afffict ion, found her much depreſſed. in ſpirit... He aſked
her why. the was fo caſt down, and encouraged, her £0 believe that clus,

would appear for her im à perüffar manner when'ſhe paſſed through the.

Jordan of death. hope he will,” ſhe fajntly replied) but I am ſuch

à ſinner, that Satan telle me (I ſuppole i it to be Satan, added ſhe) I mall
be left at that awful moment, and hurried 1 know not whither.””” Feeling
much on aceount of the evident agitation of her migd, and ardently wiſhing

to be inſtrumental in diſſipating the globm which enveloped it, he endea-.

voured to, diret᷑t her thoughts to the gracious invitations and rie of
the Goſpel ; nor were his efforts . unſucceſsful. -
©» After ſome time attending to, this iſcourle, looking ah in 2 very,

a IP. ſhe repeated the following \ words; 5 N | = 12 84
2 weak, and bel pleſs worm. oy 5 "py

13 thy kin nd arms I fall; | . 3

LY Be thou my \ Rrength and rig banale, 8 =

/* My Jeſus and my all © 5 ee

On the following Tueſday evening ſhe was fad very. GEE and "oy |

*foul ſubmiſſively waiting to be diſmiſſed. On the next. ſabbath the ex-
reſſed, to her friends that ſhe had been wonderfully bleſſed with the 7100
ff atory p eh of God the preceding day. She theh referred to many p:
ſages 1 Scripture Which afforded her ſtrong conſolation; and to a chriſt
friend, who entered her room, ſhe held out her hand, ſaying, I am . E
and 1 long to be gone, 10 be with oy dear Saviour. 18 this dying "
added, Ke then ſung, Lit
* "*< Guide me, 0 thou great Jehovah,” Kr. 35
Alſo part of Mr. Hart's exeatleed hymn, N
« Come ye finners poor and wretched,” Ke. ;

Her miniſter hearing theſe pleaſing reports, could nat but take notice of

them, when he ſaw her again, when, with great humility,. ſhe expreſſed her
ratitude to God for the manifeſtations of his loving-Kindneſs, and her be,

ef that his goodneſs and mercy would conſtantly: follow her, aithough *

vas utterly unworthy of the leaſt of all his mercies,

During her illneſs ſhe frequently expreſſtd an earneſt folicitude for the.
welfare of her dear relations and friends, and more eſpecially ber ſather, for
whoſe ſalvation ſhe often prayed with great fervour. be pious and faithful

admonitioijs ſne was enabled to give to a ws 2 woman with whom ſhe had
been intimate from her childhood, and who came many „ to ſee her, it
is hoped will not be forgotten. May it iſſbe in her eterna] felicity! She
endeavoured to comfort her mother under the proſpect of that ſeparation
which was about to take place; and hearing her once ſay, ſhe thought ſhe
ſhould be very melancholy without her company during the winter which
was approaching, ſhe replied, (Take the werd of God, and read. that at-
tentively, dear mother; and I doubt not but you will derive ſupport apd

_ conſolation from it?

To ſeveral chriſtian friends, who viſited her the laſt week of her exiſtence *
upon earth, ſhe noticed the Joy the experienced under a conſideration: of the
near approach of death, and the proſpe of ſoon meeting her dear departed .

chriſtian friends made perfe&t i in glory. A little time before ſhe expired

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| Nos following Miniſters are engaged 1 to preach :

fi The Rev. W. B. WILLIAMS, Crate of High rab.
neuss GROVES, of Wai, j
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3 A gentleman is alſo expected from Scotland to reach on this ea, .
EW ne with the places of Worſhip, 1 1 ok of x — of
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The Royal Admiral is on her way to Portſmouth: |

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Deer and reſpected Sir Fes Caurt, February 24th, 1800.

MN obedience to your directions reſpecting the printed Putch payers, .

ſent me, I herewith tranſmit a ſhort ſketch of their content? |
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As ny et e originates with our Society, 1 conceive. that an extract 2
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The — pamphlet is entitled, “ Narratives and Letters read before the
Dutch Miſſionary Society, during their Prayer Meetings, in the Year |
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letter from De. Vos; at Waveren, they have favourable tidings, which they *
defign to publiſh4—That this Minter requeſts they will lend him ſome
© bibles and other religious books, which be will pay for.
That by letters from the Brethren; Anemaet and Vander Vliſt, who
labour in what formerly was called Dutch Flanders, they have pleaſing
intelligence reſpecting the progreſs of the Goſpel ; particulacly from Bro-
ther Vander Vliſt, who expreſſes, with humility, his gratitude to his Lord,
for the evident change for the better, which has taken place in the outward .
conduct of thoſe about him That many come from afar off to hear his |
lectures. That he obſerves much devotion and concern for their ſouls”.
among them, and has commenced a ſacred fellowſhip with a great number
of holy perſons, who go hand in hand with him in every meaſure that has
the one thing needful for its object That he deems it a precious privilege ,
to devote all his powers to the ſervice of his Jeſus, who youchſafes to ho-
nour the ſeiting tun of his mortal career with a divine radiancy.”” 3
The Society then referring to themſelves, iay, If our union and zeal.
ous reſolve for ſpreading abroad the Goſpel, have ſet us upon uſing all te
means which come in our way for effecting that ſalutary purpoſe, and tbe
fruit appears in the awakening of our fellow Chriſtians, we ought to prize
it as an evidence that the Lord ſmiles on our labour, and as experience has
aſcertained, that internal warmth increaſes in the ſame meaſure as external
action becomes operative, we ought to mike it our humble prayer, that
it may pleaſe our Lord to ſtir up ànd enkindle new life among Chriſtians,
and that he will call and ſend ſuch labourers into his vineyard as look for

no other reward than that his kingdam may come. 4 8
They then relate to the Society the ſugceſs of their Schools and ſmall DS;
Societies, ſet on foot in various parts of Holland, for in{trufting the poor
and ignorant in the knowledge of that Goſpel which is en # to ſave
ſouls; and that they have requeſted the various Miniſters employed therein,
to ſend them, time after time, ſhort, but nervous accounts, of the progreſs
of the ok; which narratives they promiſe to read to the friends who aſ-
ſemble at their prayer meetings, tor encouragement and edification in the
ſeryice of their Lord That they have accounts from Dordretcht, Haar-
lem, the Haage, Leiden, Utrecht, and Delftſhavent, that thoſe who. have
taken upon theinſelves inſtructing the poor and indigent in the way of
lalvation, by means of queſtions and A compoſed for that purpoſe,
have been eminently bleſſed with ſucceſs from on high—That two ſchools
are ſet on foot at Delft for teaching the catechiſm to the ignorant and in-
digent, one for men and boys, and the other for women and girls, which
have had the withed for ſucceſs. At Middleburg a ſchool is erected for

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At Leeuwarden, the Miniſters of the Goſpel have entered into an agree-

ment to preach to the priſoners confined in the Fort; and at Schoonhoven, _

a Sunday ſchool for children is ſet on foot, beſides weekly preachihg in 4

b private room hired by the Society ; and one of their Brethren writes as

| ollows :—=*« The ſeriouſnels and devotion which we now notice in perfons *

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iel checks, while the [weet" Golpel is ſounding in their-ears,. prove that
„„ } hay $48 undet concern: for thew eternal welfare, gil cine hearts once trard = * |
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Veo. ie begins with page 99,:avd en with t1g.,—From',gg-to, 205
u contuned=Fxtfafivof Leiters from Br. anderkemp, dated May 18,
We ee em the * contents, de be. borrowed from hüt
„ to the London Miſſionary Society 4 my ge 106% ton,
1.” inferted a letter ſron the South African Miſſionary Society, to the Dire.
, - tors of that at Rotterdam, dated Cape of Good Hope, May 20, 1799, |
Wich contains the hiftory of the eftabliſhment of that Society, and an ac.
- _ .*. - edunt of the noble exertions of Dr. Vanderkemp, Mr. Kicherer, and
. chers. — From page 112 to 114, is a ſuceinct account of the . loſs of the
uff, with ſuitable remarks on that ſolemn” providential event. They
eondlide by ſaying, “ May this ſeemingly. unfayourable provide nee ſtir us.
ws yt mightily with God in prayer, for the ſucceſs. and ſaufety of all

thoſe who have given or (hall give themlelyeg.up to the ſervice of the Lord,
* _ Abd let us evex have their welfare much at heart.
No 11. From page 115 to 122, contains e |
. the ſteps r various parts, of Holland That
| Dr. Kupers, at Dordrecht, devotes every Sunday evening to the inſtraRia =

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_ of the" ignorant, chicfly old people in his own pariſü— That Dr. Brand |
Van Someren, and ſome others of that place, do the ſame. in their -priſhes,
id that bibles have been 8 the Miſhonary r 0
thoſe people had nope.— That Sunday ſchools for about three hundred
children hate been ſet on foot in the ſame place, and that the Miniſters at
Haarlem have likewiſe begun to beſtir themſelves in the Goſpel cauſe-
No. 12. Pages 123 to 138. From 123 to 130, contain a letter from

tmtte Swiſs Miſhonary Society to that, at Rotterdam, dated. Baſle, G., 2

13 1799. They thank them for their letter of the 12th of AuguſtRejoice

ttaat in the midſt of the flood of vickednel let looſe on them, as well as
Soitzerland, Mill as with them, the fear of God, love for his word, and for
the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, is yet to be found; that the preaching of the Goſpel
2 855 is ſtill publicly allowed ; that the diſtribution of good books, and other
means tending to ſtem the tide and overflowing of infidelity are yet per-
| mitted, and that a conſiderable number are yet to be found, who reckon the
Nt erbſs of Chritt the wildom of God for their ſalvation— That a new and
* © enlivening ſpirit ſeem to have gone forth in their country, (Holland) ang
thit at a time when Satzp, who once went about as a-coaring hon ſeeking |
whom he might deſtroy, now comes forth as an angel of light, ſeeking
whom he may deceive : the I. ord Jeſus, as the good Shepherd, beſtirs him-
ſelf to ſeek, and fave what was loſt.—- (Ohl that the enliveuing breath of
the Lord might alſo blow on the dry bones in Switzerland!) That although
in their humbled Switzerlaud many dreadful battles have been fought;
many thouſands of their countrymen deſtroyed, and dyeadfully treated; al-
though trade and manufactures are, almoſt at an end; want, and indeed.

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' famine, rears her feartul head ; Rtill-an unaccountable hardnefs of heart,
and levity, generally prevails, and a pride that will not humble itſelf under
the mighty hand of God, hut breaks forth into enmities, bitterneſs, and a
_revengeful panty ſpirit That as Holland has been viſited in the ſame awe» |
ful way, and by the ſame ſeourges of war without, and diſſentions within
' - truſt they will feel for them, and pray for them. They then mention the
terror and diſmay which the capture of the Duff occaſioned to them, ex»
"I Fw e at a loſs how to make ent nog oak be the nag eg:
\. the Lord reſpecting ſuch a providence. They likewiſe mention the im-
+ Lord relpeAing Cuch a providence, They OS

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comforted ag he is reſtored to them alive, his wound not having 5
„ he writes them. himſelf, only puts him in mind of
Saviour bas ſuffered” for man, &c.— 130 te 3% contain a Kind,,
exangelical, and affectionate letter, from the Directors of the Sin as
Halle, for converting che Heathen in the, Eat Indies, to the DireRors of; '
the Miſſionary dociety at Rotterdam, dated Halle, (in — 1 byes 225

1799.— e contain a letter from a pious
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Which I beg leave to communicate.
Be. Säften, pages es BE By Baptiſt church in Boſton, in a letter
dated Nov. 4, 1799; and which — — be delivered by. one of
hie now in England, but whom I have not yet ſeen, 8 $6 2 FI"
inform y you of great thing $6 he Land is dong in iferem 7 2
country. in Boſton we have a pleaſing beginning of a 1 4 of 1 5
gion. Some have been added to our churches, others axe · annious, and en-
Wiring way to Zion. Bleſſed be God that, at the very time when the
is coming in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord 1 .. bh
122 5 bim. 1 ould write largely, but I am crowded with bufineſs,”* 73
This day I received a line from Mr. Uſtick, Baptiſt miniſter in Phila- 5
e who ſays, ** By the minutes of the laſt Philadelphia Aſſociation,
you will ſee that we have had ſome additions to our thu z but not to
compare to the glorious work in New England, where re have been
added to individual churehes. A very conſderable number have alſo been
proſelyted to the croſs in Virginia. May our gracious Father remember
m mercy our afflicted city, and give unto its inhabitants ntance toward .
God, and faith in our Lord eius Ip his packet Mr. Uſtick incloſed a.
ſmall pamphlet, printed at ofton in September 1799, containing an ac-
count of late revivals of religion in a number of in the New Eng-
land ftates, and in Nova Scotia, extracted from letters written by gentlemen
of unqueſtionable veracity. One from Windham, in ConneRticut, dated
Oct. 2, 1798, mentions 2 confidetable work of Godin ſevetal townis, "chiefly
among the Congregationalifts, or the ſtanding order of miniſters, as they
are there called, though. not confined to them, and attended wi oy K
of greatly weakening bigotry between the different denomingti Au-
other from Hartford mentions a glorious revival of religion Sy ly
taking place. The writer, Who dates his letter Jan. 14, 1799, fa
«© Two of my brothers-in-law, the, youngeſt about twelve years old ard 1
the other fourteen, had been under deep conviRtion, at times, for ſeveral | a
weeks before | PR laſt than ing. day; and on that «days while I Ws -

bi oungeſt went bis little foul overflowing with *i
2 This: 8 whole Fry, brad of whom, we ping could - =

hee with him; all the reſt 'moch alarmed, and led to ory ent bnd e i

mation. NE t Call we do to be ſaved?” ” * this it has '

from houle to deut, and N heart to bert, e the whole
Vor. VII. cizg

nt | BS * Hundred T7 ry Erin rence e
| „ guad are ery, © What meaneth 7

. * The miniſters are ſti up: wo: genes, ſo that oy we |
ſearrely time to repare exerei facred flame has ſp ;
into e neighbouring towns, (a letter, IT two months after this was.

|. xp 5 pawl to N 10 RNS nde Me Two —
hundred miles north-weſt of Hartford, on the borders df bo dirs 1
ks Mmelthy Lond is popring, our bin 5 5 2
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s finiſhed; up ern he'd un . 5
N ee 'm Ks eyes, aud r the .
© to bleſs Geck that white le ever came mts this country.” -
Wis People brought the” Bible and the religion of Jeſus wich _ |
e people pfs r verſion o u

people payed for the cguvetſton of the heathen; and I ſtand ap ibis
a living 8 See wer of God'sconverti grace in anſwer. ">
6. tinue 4.76 for the con vet ſion ben waer.
Br ks may be Nora. he knowledge of Jeſuß. . 4
apt iſt miniſter at e in — 3 ves the following” 5
Hie!ars, re ung a revival o game = that town. Feb. 22, 1 Tm |

Laſt rt here appeared EO Rn id
AY vice and ee kya * FE armneſs, at the fame
as ſeen; among 8 0 zut toward the army of chat month it
ſed Sod to viſtt m ny fou me ſenſe of my own vtenefs 8 |
5 Þ ow litik T ons ter God and the 8 fouls” -
th. A . glimple © of the infinite character of Jehovah, as made me rn
into . on eſteem; and my fort was firongly drawn. forth
rayer for the falvation of fmners. Nepeated exerciſes 9
be "me. to h6: the Lord would* ſoon Work falration in 2 2
ere were, however, no very favourable ſymptoins'? amon IJ
month of July 1 1798, when a young woman, *who ha *
ears 1 ſtirred up to propaſt herfelf for zen into dur
2 Het conver 1 5 made 1 3 mean d ae fereral yo
ple, and from that time the work went forward ſo rapidly, that the
Shak romber added to this church, between May 1798, and Feb. 179
ede pen feventy -five ; our whole" mba of members is

| und and'f - Some of all ran 5 of ny among us —
1 ken z bag [age moſt refpe&table n IT iu
; Some of bur malt noted Deiſts have bowel oh e Kü. 140 5

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70 t ; to the church, aged from nine geo ears, with

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e have now upwards of one hun d unmarried. ſors in this chure *

here ars alſo a large number of 8 who the other Marches
in this town. May God keep it the love £ ries Wag hers is wot
a ſoſheient-number-of- young people — 4

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by blefiing which attended-a-vifit he paid to Mount-Defeft; after which Mr. "58

| Eben. Eaton hd was newly licenſed” tw preach, us reatly owned ; 5 4 Fi:
that neighbourhonds | He. deſcribes u glorious Werk in wick, waer +,
the Rev. Daniel — moch reſembling the awakening in New En 1

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ſongs of the drunkarts, and 3 every other Vice dete dee
harmleſs and inoffenfive:to God. I had no rfenfom te think But 6)

next annual meeting. of the ton, would vote the” Go el Gut _
them. However, L was enabled to bear witneſs to" the vnd er |
freedom, and laſt | Ofober & enn cord,
bot nothing ſpecial as yet: After I was confined to my houſe —
the work began to appear. 'Thongh I could not gp abroad, vere wor wis . #, oY
ſeldom a day but ſome viſited me IX ſpivitoattrpoble+;) and 1 preached ;
in my own; houſe when E was: not able to go to or ftand on tity —_—
et. At Jeng we had the affiſtance of 1 n God remark. i
ably owned. I believe about el deer dune, nd gate gate ae. 1
to enjoy pęace in believing, and great numbers are under eonvle-
tions. work is now on the increaſe z the mouth of deſi is a prof
ſtopped, and againſt the children of Uras] nor is men as heb 1
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Abril 14. Brothers Kicherer, Edwards, and Vanderkemp „ (Brdthin,
Edmond being ſtill on board the Hilſborough) paid a viſit to 2 0 widow
of the late Nes. Mr, Vanlier, who informed them what wanders God had
1 worgy among the /Boſchemen.

The' Brethren Vanderkemp and Edwards took lod ings at Mr. Schen-
n oa fy. 8; but Brother Kicherer went on board to aſſiſt Rrother Edmond,
kept the monthly prayer meeting, while the two former kept it aſhore.
Our hearts rejoiced;.as. we had never before ſuch an abundant ſubject of
thanking and Re . our Maſter, who has opened ſuch a povrerful door
of 3 to the Heathen. _
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[aid pe, © that I carried a book which was cloſed in my boſon, and that |
_ whillt you ſtood before me it fell to the ground : that 1 Ps ak and
it open to. my-breaſt, ſaying, I ought to carry it open rhe Ag

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his head w V. 5 — to him, and after he 141 "Ani

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heart. Viſued. old Lena, the Hottentot woman, from whom the |

vian eſtabl;hment took its origin. Found her in her hüt, lying on 2
ſkin, weakened by diſeaſe and old age. She was, how-

ever, ſtrong in faith, and full of hope, and expreſſed great joy on account

of our. going to the heathen. On the roth Brother V. took leave of the

Dreien: and returned. The Brethren reſumed their deliberations, and

- confirmed their former reſolutions, |
' 25th... Diued at the Fiſcal's, infor moll Brother V. af the ſtep which 4
icherer to accept the place of rd Mi-

were taken to perſuade. Brother 1
niiſter at the Cape, now vscant.
sth. Brother Vanderkemp daes * Ryneveld of our reſolution,

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and afterwards; aſſiſted by Brother Kicherer, communicated it to the Go-

„Lernort, who immediately a

approved our plan. This day allo arriyed in
town Rev. Mr. Vos, from

oodezand, i order to fee and welcome us.
- 17th. We took this day our firſt lefſon i in the Caffret lang

| , from 2
| 525 s ſon, and formed a em, ane in the evening, K the houb 4

Mrs. Smit. r
19ʃb. Brother Kicherer declared that he was elearly convinced 4 b

20th.: In the uſual meeting at Mrs; Vanderpoel's- honſe, kept by Mr,

2 Ves, C where about x60 F were aſſembled) he invited the people of

to meet again the next

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| borough was lying, to viſit the;convifts_ on — 9 07 fer, He 3
With him 4 letter written in our name by Brother Edmond, 10 Rev. Mr.
4 of Botany Bay, in favour of foe of the convict s.
. There was a converted heathen woman ſlave abundantly *
7 py the Holy Spirit, though not with water, who was at the head of a
lav meeting, at the houſe of Dr. Vanderſande, explaining the way of
(alvation, through Chriſt, to the poor heathen Brother Kircherer lectured
in this meeting during his ſtay at the Cape, and Brother Vanderkemp took
the taſk upon him this evening: between thirty and forty were afſembled.
—He ſpoke on 2 Phil. i. 4 — afterwards cotcchife thewy This evening
Brother Edwards returned from the Hi ugh, he had found the convicts
22 miſerable vaſe, twenty-two of them died ſince their ſtay in Table

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1. Brothers Edwards a emp to
das the miſerable condition in ——— e wy y Falſe were, e
anſwered, that this day the neceſſary ſteps ſhou taken to remote
their grief and ſoften their- hardſhips, but that i it would be bighly impru-
dent to take them aſhore.
2 The Koranna Captain T. Zijib, and the Boſchemen Captains
T'Abekom and T' Karoe, viſited us: Brother Vanderkemp pr 3
. to ſend a fe of their children to the Cape, to be edvcated in
"== inſtructed in the principles of religion, to read, write, and
ſome handicraft buſineſa; that they always ſhould be free/td viſt t Nr
. them home z that they would return to their o country, 30 foon
ſhould be completely inſſructed; that in the next place, the Baſehe.
uld leave off wandering up and down'the' rye hoe ſhould em.
=p themſelves ja agriculture—to this they conſented ; but obſerved, =. uf
as their country wanted water, it would be neceſſary, for the ſake of
eulture, to leave it, and to extend themſelves along. the on river
that they had reſolved to work rather as ſlaves at Cape Town, — Toca
the chriſtians there would confider them as free men, and on them hu
manely, than to return to plunder and murder: © They reported that Capt.
. T'Zijib: had marched with his Korannas into their bal and Uriven the -
Boſchemen into their holes; that he r e his people to ſtand 9

had advanced alone, and called u two Boſchemen

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in the chriſtian ar voy Fs item

3th. Teo Hottentots:evit of the Grocnckloof Dammares 4
of the greater N and ſeveral others came to us, defir — Sarge

mould inſtruct their people in the doctrine of the Chriſtians. "As to their
D —— them to ts and told thoſe who withed to be

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D: ered, that they were reſc aner among the Caffres.
„ Mrs. Berth, ho 2 her houſe to a ſlave meeting — 2 Ft»
| Ne de as her . ther, 2 woman of above fexenty» eee
hitherto reßiſted every eee ught id a 1
bee n night, overheard Brother Vanderlcemnp offer.
Reo. the heat hen. We dined with, her to-day at her 2
| ſhe 9 io be full of. hope in Chriſt. e £66
; ? 1 4 25 Willem Bruintje, 3 famous Hottemot 4h
if FOR Ir ry accompanied Jacob Van Rheenen in his j "td the
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E ved. +3442 467 1 £8

1:2 ;IatÞ. Brother Kicherer pirached io the farenvon'n Kam. 14 which ©

1 , as we 1 bact. a remarkable effect upon the beart of « Minifter

| country. hen grofept-.. Our Hottentot- rr Pruintje, whom we had

3 ws Bavian's-kloof with a letter of the South African Society to the Bre.

Bk bes wp . their 4 full of Chriſtian love and affdQion'; |

33 © with him a. ottentot to accompan us on o⁷ —

1 conti N e of our friends. * R 1

= oft the Fiscal, told us that her ſon-had written French letter to Lord Aer.
N Pp x "EITUEY, in London, in m - favour our 1ONar y- attempts, re

= 3 Lardfbip's interceſſion, more wiſlionaries wight be: fad to the

by 22d. In the $oming, our plane was qrowded with pecpls, who wok
of us; Mrs, Heyſſe was there, with many other women 3 —

vilayes of Brother Vanderkemp's meeting, among whom were Edward
| Hage, Mary the Mozanbig 2 Elizabeth, Eva, oc their children; Sarab, '
ke. (who 1 1 little pe eſents of diStrent fruits, handkerchiefs; At.)
j 2 Directors of the South African Society. We kneeled dovem with
| ; — IL. and prayed for, the laſt time, and then parted. They would ac-
0s till we were out of the town, but we deſered them to ſtay be.
1 r Kicherer was to follow us the next rr N 224
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Learn ſome ſweet anthers of the ſkies,”
And praiſe thee in angelic Rfains !
- But ab + this vile, encurab'ring, lay.”
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Cleaves ta the duſt that gave it birth,
Aud drags me downward to the earth *
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Tho ſulneſs of th xracs tu ptuve,

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THE LATE REV. SAMUEL PEARCE, A. M.
R. PEARCE was born in the year 1766, at Ply-

M mouth, where his father is a reſpectable falverſmith _
and watchmaker, Mr. P. ſen: has been twice married, and
the amiable ſubject of this memoir was the youngeſt of two
ſons by his firſt wife. From early liſe he attended the
miniſtry of Mr. Gibbs, at Plymouth Dock; of wboſe:church *.
his father is a member, At the uſual. period he was
bound apprentice to is father; and We know of nothin
remarkable in his life till his 16th' year hen it pleaſec
God to convert him by the inſtrumentalif of Mr. Birt,
then aſſiſtant to Mr. Gibbs, whom he ev aſter peculiarly
loved and honoured. He now joined. the church, and,
upon a diſcovery of his miniſterial giſts, he was called to
exerciſe them at this early age, which he did privately, with
great acceptance. For ſome time he continued at his fac
ther's buſineſs, . receiving, at his leifure hours, inſtruction in
the rudiments of literature from Mr. Gibbs, until he was
removed to the academy at Briſtol, under Dr. Ryland ; and,
upon the completion of his ſtudies, he received a call from
the Baptiſt Church, in Canon-ſtreet, Birmingham, with
whom he continued till his death, a period of about ten
years, e 2 | 75 |

His frequent labours appear to have been too much for
his delicate frame. In October, 1798, returning from a
miffionary meeting, at Kettering, he was overtaken with
rain; a chillineſs and hoarſeneſs followed; and preaching -
repeatedly while his lungs were in this tate, they became
inflamed, and a conſumption enſued which proved fatal.
During his confinement, his extreme weakneſs, and the
witable condition of his ſtomach, debarred him, in a great

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1766 MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. s. PEARCE.

_ meaſure, from the pleaſures of converſation with his friends,
except by writing; but his letters at this period diſcover a
very happy frame of mind, of, which, the following, com-
by the friend to whom it was addreſſed, * may be

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BART. 8

Be ſo good as td accept the incloſed ſermon. Though!
publiſh, I can no longer preach: ' My Maſter has no need
of me juſt now, or he would not ſilence me; but I am in
good hands; and in the midſt of my impriſonment can ſhout,
with joy unſpeakable, < Hallelujah, for the Lord God reign-
eth.“ So wiſe, ſo juſt, ſo good is he in whoſe hands my
breath is, and whoſe are all my ways, that I am perfect)
ſatisfied with all his bleſſed will; nor would I have it other-
wiſe were an alteration in my power, ſo long as my. Father
| Tees it beſt to continue the heavenly diſcipline. During my
affliction I have taſted much of the ſweetneſs of the pro-
miſes, and my ſoul has been fed as with marrow and fat-
neſs. I have ſometimes heſitated in encouraging my people

to rely on the fulneſs of the promiſes in all caſes; becauſe

'T feared, that' if the Lord ſhould lay me by, as a broken
- veſſel; my revolting heart would be diſſatisfied and complain;
but, verily, now I know that God can render ſubmiſhon as
happy as exertion, and call forth the paſſive graces to as
good purpoſe, for the joy of his people and the glory of his
grace, as the more active one. „„
O ſweet affliftion | ſweet afflition !” I could not but
frequently exclaim, when my health was at the loweſt ebb,
and at the moment, when I thought I ſhould never ſee my
dear people again till I met them on the hill of Zion.—

Yes, where my Lord Jeſus is, there are, there muſt be,
peace and joy and confidence; and whether it be in the
January of praiſe, or on the bed of languiſhing, ts

heaven to ſee his ſmiling face :” he can make a dying

feel «© ſoft as downy pillows are.” I would not have been
without this trial for the Indies; it has taught me more 0
my Bible and my God, than ſeven years mere ſtudy could
have done. O truſt in the Lord, ye his ſaints, for there Is
no want to them that fear him. 5 ;

I confider now, though I am young, that my beſt days
are over; but I cannot deſcribe to you what ſolid ſatisfac-
tion I feel in refleing, that my beſt days have not been de-
voted to the work of the devil, but to the ſervice of my bleſſed
Jeius: O what a mercy that he called me in early life, =
io ſaved me from thoſe diſtreſſing recollections — Jo

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attend the ſolitary and afflictive hours of thoſe, who are per-
itted to waſte their prime in the practice of ſin and for-

getfulneſs of God. | | GOES”
But don't let my dear brother imagine that on this I build
7 hope; no, theſe are the pillars that evidence a 8

free grace; but my only foundation is the rock Chri

Jeſus: | 3
e He ſhall have all the praiſe, for nge
© Hath Jov'd, and liv'd, and died for me.“

How have I gone on | you wiſh to know what's the mat-

ter: I preached ſo often on a cold as to occaſion ſucceſſive

inflammations in my ſtomach, till by degrees it became ſo
weak that I could not ſpeak at all, not even in converſa-

tion, without very painful efforts; and though I have for
two or three days been getting better, yet my Docter ab-

ſolutely forbids my preaching at all, until, by a long repoſe,
nature reſumes its proper tone. When I began this I only
intended a few lines, but it is juſt after tea, and a head-ach,

which has prevailed much lately, has been ſuſpended ;—

it is now returning, and I muſt cloſe. I will embrace the

firſt opportunity of anſwering your very kind letters; at pre-
ſent I can attend to nothing that requires much thought or

exertion. The incloſed ſermon was the laſt but one I
preached ; how long it may be before I preach another, I

know not; but I am happy in leaving it all to him who does

know and will do all things well. |
| Alffectionately your's,

S. PEARCE.

and at Plymouth ſeemed ſo much better as to flatter him-
ſelf his diſorder was removed; threatening ſymptoms, how-
ever, ſoon returned, and his complaints terminated in a

In tlie ſpring of 1799 he was adviſed to try his native air,

confirmed, ſlow, nervous fever, which equally baffled the ſæill

of his phyſicians, and the kindneſs of his friends. In July he
returned to Birmingham, and, growing weaker and weaker,

languiſhed till the 10th of October following, when he died.

Though the Lord, in ſovereign wiſdom, ſpared not his
valuable life, in anſwer to the many prayers daily offered for
him, he beſtowed on him thoſe tokens of his love and favour,
which are far better. The following extracts are taken from
the memoranda of Mrs. Pearce during his laſt month.

He once ſaid, I have been in darkneſs two or three
days, crying, O when wiſt thou comfort me] but laſt night

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my ſoul,” O that I could but ſpeak, I would tell a world ts
truſt a faithful God. Sweet affliction, now it worketh glory,
w OE OW
„When ſcorching with burning fever, he ſaid, hot and
. happy.'—One Lord's-day morning he ſaid to Mrs. P. Chear
up, my dear, think how much will be ſaid to-day of the
faithfulneſs of God. Though we are called to ſeparate, he
will never ſeparate from you. I wiſh I could tell the world
what a good and gracious God he is. Never need they
Who truſe in him be afraid of trials. He has promiſed to
give ſtrength for the day; that is his promiſe. O what a
lovely God! and he is my God and your's.. He will never
leave us nor forſake us; no, never! I have been thinking
That this and that medicine will do me good, but what have
Ito do with it? It is in my ſeſus's hands; he will do it
all, and there I leave it. What a mercy is it, I have a
good bed to lie upon; you, my dear Sarah, to wait upon me;
and friends to pray for me. O how thankful ſhbuld I be
for all my pains; I want for nothing: all my wiſhes are an-
ticipated. O have felt the force of thoſe words of David,
« Unleſs thy law, (my gracious God |) had been my de-
tight, I ſhould have periſhed in mine afflition.” Though
lam too weak to read it, or hear it, I can think upon it; and
© how good it is !—l am in the beſt hands I could be in,
In the hands of my dear Lord and Saviour, and he will do
all things well. Yes, yes, he cannot do wrong” |
Being aſked how he felt after a reſtleſs night, he re-
plied, I have ſo much weakneſs and pain, 1 have not had
much enjoyment, but I have a full perſuaſion that the Lord
is doing all things well. If it were not for ſtrong confidence
in a lovely God, I muſt fink ; but all is well. O bleſſed
God, I would not love thee leſs; O ſupport a finking worm!
O what a mercy to be aſſured that all things are working to-
// ooo, =
« Mrs. P. ſaying, If we muſt part, I truſt the ſeparation
will not be for ever.“ O no, he replied, * we ſorrow not
as thoſe who have no hope.“ She ſaid, then you can leave
me and your dear children with refignation, can you ?* He
anſwered, * My heart was pierced through with many for-
rows, before I could give you and the dear children up, but
the Lord has heard me ſay, thy will be done, and I now
can jay, bleſſed be his dear name, I have none of my own.“
His laſt day, October 10, was very happy ; Mrs. P. re-
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Since all that I meet ſhall work for my good,
be bitter is ſweet, the med*cine is food;
Though painful at prefent, twill ceaſe before long,
And then O how pleaſant the conqueror*s ſong |!

« He repeated with an inexpreffible ſmile, the laſt ine, |

Jie Conquerors ſong!” © 1
He ſaid once, O my dear ! what ſhall I do? But why

do I complain ? he makes all my bed in my ſickneſs. She
then repeated thoſe lines „ 5

: - Jeſus can make a dying bed, |

Feel ſoft as downy pillows are.

Ves,“ he replied, he can—he does] feel it.“
Thus his peace and joy continued to flow like a mighty

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river, deepening and ſpreading, till it iſſued in the ocean

of eternal glo

Mr. was Lad October 10th, when a funeral oration
was delivered by his neighbour, the Rev. Mr. Brewer, of Bir-

mingham ; and on the Lord's-day evening following, the

mournful occaſion was improved in a funeral ſermon, by

Dr. Ryland. Both theſe are in print; and we underſtand
that a volume is preparing by his friend Mr. Fuller, of Ket-

tering, containing more copious memoirs of this excellent

man, with extracts from many of his intereſting letters. To

theſe will be prefixed his portrait from an original paint-

ing by Mr. Medley; and the profits will be appropriated to
the uſe of his widow and five young children, who haye
ſtrong claims on the generoſity of the public.

His death was likewiſe improved and lamented (among
others) by Mr. Fuller, of whoſe diſcourſe we have been
favoured with an extract, and are happy to he able to con-
clude this article, with ſo maſterly a {ſketch of the character
of the deceaſed, in a parallel between him and King Jo-
ſiah, from 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. And Jeremiah lamented for

gab, &c. After delineating the character of the young

prince, the preacher adds: | YET

*«« But let us in the next place endeavour to recolle& ſome
of the diſtinguiſhing qualities of our dear and amiable
triend, as grounds of lamentation for the loſs of him.—

There are but few characters in this imperfect ſtate that will
| bear an impartial ſcrutiny; and which do not require, if
exhibited to advantage, that a number of their words and
deeds ſhould be overlooked, or thrown, as by a painter, into
the ſhade. But I ſolemnly declare, that were I diſpoſed to
lay all | know of him, both bad and good, I ſhould be ut-
terly at a loſs on one fide, nor have I any fear of ſpeaking

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too much on the other; but rather am perſuaded, that it is
not in my power to do him juſtice. He was, doubtleſs, a
finful and imperfeR creature before God; but he was alſo a
fingular inſtance of the holy and happy efficacy of divine
grace, whoſe imperfections were as few, and whoſe excel-.,
encies as many as I have ever witneſſed in a mortal man.
Some, who knew but little of him, may think this too ſtrong.
I only fay, They that knew him beſt will be the leaſt
TERA. 88 35
L have pointed out fome of the leading traits in the
character of Joſiah, and I doubt not but you have perceived
. as I. have gone along how applicable they are to our dear
deceaſed brother, I ſhall therefore ſay nothing further of
many of thoſe particulars, but merely point out three things
in which the Iikeneſs between them was moſt eminently
confpicuous: © OE
„ Firſt, like Joſiah, he was devoted to God From his early
youth. -In the /ixteenth year of his age, while he was yet
; young, he began to ſeek after the God of his fathers. In
the twentieth year of his age, he began his public work of
preaching Chriſt to his fellow finners: and ;coming to the
2 of God thus early, he brought all his ſoul into the
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* Secondly, like Joftah he was tender hearted.. If he was
diſtinguiſned by any one quality more than another, it was
by the affe&tonate, His religion was that of the heart;
whatever he read, or heard, or ſtudied, or preached, was
converted into love. His ſermons, which many, both in the
ay and in the country, well remember, commonly breathed
a ſpirit of ardent affection. Nor was his ſympathy towards
men inferior to his piety to God. The miſeries of his fel-
low creatures and fellow chriſtians, both bodily and, mental,
deeply impreſſed him; and he was continually laying him-
ſelf out in endeavouring to alleviate them. |
Finally, there was in him, as in Joſiah, a lovely uni-
Formity of character IIe declined not to the right nor to ths
left. Character is made up of an aſſemblage of actions and
habits; and it is the proportion of a number of the diffe-
rent excellencies that . holy beauty. We have ob-
ſerved men eminent in one or two virtues, who have been
fadly deficient in others of equal importance, We have
ſeen men riſe high in contemplation, who have. done but
little good in the world; zeal, mingled with bitternels, and
candour degenerate into indifference ; experimental reli-
gion, mixed with a large portion of enthuſiaſm, and *

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THE PLEASURES OF RELIGION, * 183
is called rational religion, void of every thing that can in-
tereſt the heart of man. We have ſeen. ſplendid talents
tarniſhed with inſufferable pride; ſeriouſneſs tinctured with
melancholy ; chearfulneſs, with levity; and great attain-
ments in religion, with uncharitable cenſoriouſneſs towards
men of low degree. But we have not ſeen theſe inconſiſ-
tencies in our brother Pearce. For my own part, I never
knew a man in whom were united greater portions of the
contemplative and the active; holy zeal, and genuine can-
dour ; ſpirituality, and rationality ; talents which attracted

almoſt univerſal applauſe, and the moſt unaffected modeſty ;
| fortitude that would encounter any difficulty that ſtood in
the way of duty, and gentleneſs that would not break a
bruiſed reed; faithfulneſs in bearing teſtimony againſt evil,
and compaſſion to the ſoul of the evil-doer ; deep ſeriouſ-
neſs, and habitual cheerfulneſs ; finally, a conſtant im to
promote the higheſt degree of piety in himſelf and others,
and, at the ſame time, a readineſs to hope the beſt of the

THE PLEASURES OF RELIGION.

loweſt,” “

| bo is impoſſible for a contemplative mind, that is deepl
10 convinced of the great importance of religion, to ade

round the world, or even take a view of that ſmall portion
of it which is bounded by the little circle of its own con-
nexions, without feeling ſome degree of aſtoniſhment at
the amazing unconcern which the bulk of mankind diſco-
vers to affairs of the moſt momentous import. Though many
may be found who pay ſome kind of decent regard to the
_ exteriors of devotion, few, comparatively, appear to be ac-

tuated by its ſpirit, or inclined to ſubmit their hearts and
lives to be governed by its precepts. A great variety of
reaſons, or rather plauſible ſubte uges, are urged in ex-
cuſe of this lamentable neglect; one of which we will here
notice: It is this, If we engage ſeriouſly in the duties of
religion, as they are laid down in the goſpel, and incul-
cated by its miniſters, we muſt give up all the pleaſures,

all the happineſs of life, -and become melancholy and un-
lociable ; and we can never believe, that an all-good and
merciful Being «

g can have placed us here only to make us
miſerable.“ This is the kind of reaſoning which many
adopt; and if we were diſpoſed to argue with them upon
their own hypotheſis, we might aſk, whether it be not a
mark of the trueſt wiſdom to ſubmit even to miſery here,

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provided we can obtain an aſſufance of an eternal ſtate oe
unmixed felicity hereafter? But we would rather enquire
what evidence they can produce to prove the truth of their
aſſertion, that true religion is an enemy to our preſent hap-
© the requires not the renunciation of one pleaſure, enjoins
not the ſacrifice of one joy, without enſuring to us more
than a full equivalent, even in the preſent, world. In order
to this, let us notice the three principal things which are

bliſs: I mean pleaſure, riches, an
children of this world uſually term pleaſure, is incompa-
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pineſs: we would rather endeavour to convince. them that

ſought with avidity, as ; conſtituting the ſummit of human
- 7 honour, and try if we

can find nothing like them in the*promilſes of the goſpel.
With regard to the firſt we readily admit, that what the

tible with a life of devotedneſs to God. But furely, if re-
ligion. prohibits the enjoyment of the theatre and the maſ-
— the midnight revel, and the diurnal round of gaiety

iſfipation, and folly, it points to pleaſures more worthy

creation, becauſe they are poſſeſſed of intellectual facul-
ties, endowed with reaſoning powers. Are the pleaſures
of meditating on' the works of the great author of a thou-
ſand worlds, the tranſcendant delight of enjoying his ſmile,
and offering to him the ſweet ſacrifice of gratitude and ado-
ration, the pleafing reflection that we are ſpending our time
in a way which he approves, and the enlivening antic:pa-
tion of the time when we ſhall enter into his immediate
-preſence—are all theſe nothing? Can the human mind

mickry of a buffoon to the approbation of its Maker '— |
the ſong of the drunkard to the hymns of * -n
human nature! bluſh at thine inconſiſtency. ® FO
Again, if we turn our thoughts to riches, we muſt ac-
knowledge that religion forbids many of the lucrative arts
that are practiſed by thoſe who value not her dictates. She
admits not of defrauding or over-reaching ; ſhe connives
not at oppreſſion and extortion ; nor does ſhe enjoin negli
gence in buſineſs, or forgetfulneſs of family concerns;
quite the contrary ; ſhe recommends to © be diligent in bu-
fineſs,” as well as „ fervent in ſpirit ;” to «provide for
thoſe in one's own -houſe,” as well as to © bring up chi
dren in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.“ We ar
commanded indeed to be careful (or over anxious) abo

nothing; but we have at the ſame time a promile =

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RE PLEASURES OF RELIGION. 185
« all our needs ſhall be ſupplied; and that * no good ſhall

be with-held from them that walk uprightly.“ We are di-

reed to diſtribute of our property to thoſe that want; but

we are likewiſe told that the liberal ſoul ſhall be made

fat; and that what is, in this way, lent to the Lord he
will abundantly repay? VVV
Laſtly, if we look to that which is ſo generally thought

to confer happineſs (how juſtly let the experience of a
Charles, a Lewis, or a Wolſey, decide), I mean honour, we
ſhall find beyond a doubt, that the balance is greatly in fa-

vour of religion. How many would think themſelves tran-
ſcendantly happy if they could arrive at the poſſeſſion of

an earthly crown and ſceptre; and can theſe find no grati-

fication in being heirs of a crown of life, and a kingdom
of immortal glory ? What importance do mortals arrogate
to themſelves if they can gain admiſſion to the palace of a

- terreſtrial monarch, and boaſt of a gracious interview; and

ſhall we think it no diſtinction to be admitted into the pre-
ſence of the king of kings, and to enjoy communion wit

him, both in public and in private? Again, who does not

think it an honour to aſſeciate with the noble. and the great?
And is it nothing to have an intercourſe with the faints and

angels of the Moſt High; to have our names enrolled in the
liſt of thoſe who are dear and honourable in his ſight, and

to be adopted into the family of heaven? O child of gaiety
and diſſipation, of avarice and riches, or of ambition and
honour, whoever thou art, if thou ſhouldſt deign to give
this a peruſal, ſeriouſly conſider the ſubject, and let me
entreat thee to try the truth of my obſervations by thine

experience. Take religion for thy guide, thy counſellor,

and thy portion; earneſtly ſeek an intereſt in the blood
of Chriſt, the pardoning love of God, and the ſanctifying
influences of the Holy Spirit. Pray earneſtly, that thou
mayſt be enabled to enter into the ſpirit, and taſte the en-
joyments of true religion. And after thou haſt known
what it is to have communion with God, and feel the
ſublime joys which ſpring from true devotion, affuredly
thou wilt not wiſh to exchange them for the pleaſures of
this world: but if thou ſtill refuſeſt to make the trial, trem-
ble for the conſequences ; and remember, that if thou art

refolved to perſiſt in thy obduracy, this feeble remon-

{trance from a female pen, ſhall, with all the faithful ſer-

mons thou haſt heard, and all the pious books thou haſt -
read, riſe up in evidence againſt thee, in that day when
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will ever be found adequate to remedy the dreadful malady.
To do this, a ſupernatural change muſt be effected. The

man muſt be born again. He muſt become a new creature.

Birth, privileges, attendance on outward ordinances, ſpe-
culative knowledge, ſplendid gifts, fiery zeal, and outward

is 2 new heart and a right ſpirit. The heart of ſtone is
taken away, and the heart of fleſh is given. The man is
- paſſed from death to life. He is a new man; not in his
rational powers, but in the moral uſe of them. What fin

regulates, In eppoſition to the reign of Sin, Satan and Ig-
norance, the Lord' takes the reins of government, wholly
to rule. on the throne of the heart. From the commence-
ment to the conſummation of this ſaving work, he ſhews the
exceeding greatneſs of his mighty power. In effecting this
important buſineſs the Lord generally uſes means, and has
bound us to the uſe of them; but not himſelf, for he ſome-
times acts without them. «His ſaving work is what we
now contemplate. How it is, and what it is, demand our
Particular attention. It may be added, that with the ex-

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bad deranged and diſorganized, grace properly toes and

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aying * Let there be light,” and it is ſo. In this light, man

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hath convinced him of fin, ſhall reveal to him Immanuet
the Saviour, in all his ſuitableneſs and ſufficiency to ſays to
the uttermoſt. Then his hope and joy begin. He has
found the Meſſiah, the pearl of great price. In this he
finds every thing, and for this he gladly parts with every
thing he held before. The perſon, the offices; the names
and titles, the characters, ſufferings, righteouſneſs and ſal-
vation of whom, afford him joy unſpeakable, and full of

lory. | | „ 95

1 Now, his will is renewed and quite changed ; before,
he choſe the evil and refuſed the good ; now, he chooſes
the good and refuſes the evil. God has made him willing
in the day of his power. He is glad to have Chriſt on his
own terms. He will now acquieſce in the will of Provi-
dence, and chearfully volunteers himſelf to Chriſt and his
fervice. The language of his heart and lips runs thus,
« Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” The divine life
which is now in him, proves itſelf, by his divine motions
and feelings. He flees from the wrath to come. He flies
into the expanded arms of God's everlaſting love.

His affections are now placed on their proper objects. —
_ Gadis the chief of all his joys, and the life of his delights.

He eſteems the divine favour more than all his earthly
friends ; more than money, more than neceſſary food, yea,
more than life itſelf. This object ſuits his enlarged defies.
Here he cannot love too much. God is the reſt and centre
of his ſoul. While ſuch is the caſe he will delight in the
divine word. It is to him ſweeter than honey. It is,
as the breaſt to the new born babe. He loves the very place
where it is preached. Its preachers are become his favo-
rites, and the confiſtent profeſſors of it are his choſen com-
panions. In a word, he loves God for himſelf, and every
thing that is of him for his ſake. „
| oP conſcience, once aſleep, is now awake. It was
blind, but now it ſees and ſpeaks what it knows to be right,
fo as to be heard and feſt. It is tender in matters of fin
and duty. Nothing will now appeaſe and calm its clamours
but what will ſatisfy the law of God. Sin defiles and
wounds it. Faith in the blood of Chriſt purifies and heals
xt. Its pleaſures are delicious. 5
The memory once filled with human follies, is now the
ſacred repoſitory of the beſt things. It is ſtored with ſweet
recollections of God, of his word, of his works, and of his
Ways. What a bleſſed change is here ! The heart, natu-

rally deceitful above all things and deſperately wicked, _

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of enmity to God and all good things, is now the reſidence.
of the divine Spirit; the abode of purifying faith, holy fear,
Joyful hope, ſacred love, and heavenly deſires. The heart,
once full of pride, paſſion, envy, hatred, and malice, and
all uncharitablenefs, is now ſubmiffive, meek and humble,
patient and kind, tenderly ſympathizing both in the joys '
And ſorrows of others. VV
This inward change will not fail to manifeſt itſelf out-
wardly. The tree ſhall be known by its fruits. The mem-
bers of the body, once the inſtruments of unrighteouſueſs,
now become a living ſacrifice, holy, and acceptable to
God. The ear liſtens to the joyful ſound of the goſpel,
with every word of truth and-ſoberneſs. The tongue ſpeaks
to the uſe of edifying. The mouth, from which came
curſes, now ſends forth bleſſings, prayer, and praiſes. The
hands, once full of miſchief, are now employed in uſeful
labours, and in adminiſtering, according to their ability, to
the eaſe and relief of the afflited and diſtreſſed. The feet,
which once ran with ſpeed after the multitude of evil doers,
/ In the ways of wickedneſs, now move with joyful ſteps to
the houſe of God, and in every path of duty: Thus, in the
Nate of grace, old things are done away; behold, all things
are become new ! The man has a new heart and a new life;
hae acts from new principles, and new motives in every
ting he either does, or refuſes to do. Before, he begun and F
ended in ſelf- love; now, the glory of God is the object he
has in view, and love to him the grand ſtimulus that ex-
cites him to action. The rule of his conduct is not the ima-
gination of his own heart, nor the maxims or ways of the
world, but it is the law of his Gd. 1 8 3
In this ſtate of grace, from the beginning to the end,
he is oppoſed by the men, and by Satan, the god of this
world; and moſt of all by the fleth, i. e. the unſanctified
part which remains within, and which luſteth againſt the
ſpirit. Under this load the chriſtian groans heavily, and

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In oppoſition to all theſe adverſaries, he fights manfully
1 in the ſtrength of the Lord. He endeavours to overcome
_ cvil with good. He hates fin in proportion as he loves the
14 holy law of God. He hates it in others, but moſt of all in
1 -himſelf. He will not reſt till it be totally eradicated out of
his heart. His diſlike to the fins of others is atcompanied
with the ſincereſt. love to their perſons ; and eſpecially to
their ſouls. If they will hear him, he will tell them what

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to get them to uſe the means of grace. If he can do no
more, he will not ceaſe to pray for them; He has a mea-
ſure of the ſame mind that was in Chriſt, and, therefore,
will follow his example. FVV
In fine, a perſon in a ſtate of grace is never ſatisfied to
reſt in preſent attainments; he always laments his ſhort |
. comings and unprofitableneſs, and is determined in the
ſtrength of the Lord, not to ſtand ſtill, much leſs to turn
back, but to preſs forward to the mark, for the prize of
the high calling of God in Chriſt Jeſus. His purpoſe of
heart is to cleave unto the Lord,.and be faithful unto death,
that he may receive the crown of life. At laſt, he triumphs
over Death, the king of terrors. He falls aſleep in the arms
of Chriſt, and is for ever bleſſed. e >
In all this, how manifeſtly appears the work of an al-
mighty hand! Surely a conſiderate man will need no more
arguments to convince him that this is not his work, than
he will require to convince him that he did not make the
moon; the one being nearly as evident as the other. The
work is all the Lord's; he begins, carries on, and com-
| pletes the whole. All who are his workmanſhip, will aſ-
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Oc is the kindneſs and compaſſion of the meſ high,
that it would require a ſun- beam to inſcribe its inimi-

table glories on the mind of man.
In its exerci/e it is perfectly free; no human merit can at
any time command it; and, it is our mercy that no human
or infernal power, can at any time controul it. It is free
as the light of heaven, and equally glorious. We have
ſeen it (exerciſed towards ſinners innumerable—ſinners of
the deepeſt die—men who have rendered themſelves mon-
ſters by the enormity of their crimes | Of ſuch there are,
doubtleſs, thouſands now in heaven, who {ſing in lively
and exalted ſtrains, © Free grace and dying love.” We
have ſeen the divine Compaſhon exerciſed in all its fullneſs,
towards poor ungrateful back/iders. Many names might
here be mentioned, but I will only record my own. Ah!
fooliſh ungrateful inner! I have fallen, grievouſly fallen,
and « prieved the Holy Spirit of God.” But Compaſſion
flew to my relief—convinced me of my folly—confounded

me with ſhame—and eventually conſoſed me. |

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„ Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart,
Which wonders to feel its own hardneſs depart;

e Diſſolv'd by thy ſunſhine, I fall to the ground.

And weep to the praiſe of the mercy I've found?
7 The'progfs of the divine compaſſion are numerous and

brilliant as the ſtars of heaven. All the bleſſings of nature

=_ rife in proof of God's kindneſs and good will to men. His
= goodneſs deſcends in the rain, ſhines in the ſun, and ſprings

| up in all the fruits of the earth. + The earth is full of his

goodneſs.” e e e
But chiefly, his compaſſion appears moſt evident and

_ . glorious in the proviſions of his grace. They are ſuitable,
and they are ſufficient. The gift of his ſon demonſtrates

| inconceivable philanthropy! God fo loved the world,

. that he gave his only begotten ſon, that whoſoever be-
_ . Heveth on him might not periſh, but have eternal life.“

See compaſſion towards man evidenced in the ſufferings
of the bleſſed jeſus! when our ſins were borne and pu-
niſhed in the immaculate body of the Lamb of God.”—

_ The innocent Saviour dies that guilt

y men may live | Glory
be to God, ** Hoſanna in the higheſt !” _
Ihe invitations of his word breathe the compaſſion of his
heart; as do likewiſe the promiſes which he hath given us.
„Come,“ ſaith he, . and i. us reafon together, though

| your fins be as ſcarlet, they ſhall be white as ſnow ; and
though they be red, like crimſon, they ſhall be as wool.”
What a ground-of hope is this for a poor guilty _creature.—
Let us have recourſe-to it in all times of our diſtreſs; even
« when the enemy ſhall come in like a flood, and when
the miſgivings of our hearts fink. our ſpirits, and bring us

% very low.” — | . 3

' Almoft every attribute of the Deity ſeem to plead againſt

the finner, except Compaſſion. Holineſs ſaith, . Put away

the finner; Compaſſion ſaith, © Receive him through Jeſus

Chrift.” juſtice ſaith, Cut down the Sinner; Compal-

_ fion, © Spare him yet another year.” Vengeance faith,
Execute the guilty creature; Compaſſion, Deliver him

> from going down to the pit, for I have found a ranſom.“

Veracity faith, © Bind the wretch in chains of everlaſting

darkneſs ' Compaſſion, Looſe him and let him go.

O my ſoul ! how art thou indebted to Divine Compaffion

4% Tell it unto ſinners, tell,
& I'm a ſinner ſav'd from hell
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ON-THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. 191

When a man commits ſin, he tramples this gracious at-
tribute under his profane. feet, and practically faith he doth
not regard it.—Reader, hath Compaſſion ſpared thee," as
well as the writer, to this moment? O let us improve our
remaining moments for the glory of him. whoſe ** mercy
endures for ever.” Whoſe grace flows on, and will for
ever flow.” Divine Compaſſion hath wrote a thouſand
pardons, and beſtowed them all upon men * without money
and without price!“ „ e 111 1
Compaſſion, is the running title of the Goſpel, which is
a diſpenſation for ſinners. A door of hopè opened for the
ungodly, and a celeſtial hand ſtretched out to reſcue them
from deſpair. O my ſoul, regard this as the glorious
goſpel of the bieſſed Gd... PAD END
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A TOW I am retreated from the buſy ſcenes of life, and
far diſtant from the noiſe of the city, and the calls of
viſitors, I would meditate and confider ; not on the beſt
means of encreaſing my fortune, or the immortalizing my
name among the renowned of the world, but that whi
concerns my beſt intereſt. I am a poor frail creature; a
few years ago I was helpleſs, and hanging on my mother's.
breaſt. Infancy and youth I have ſeen, and am now ar-
rived to years of maturity. I am juſt emerging into the
cares and anxieties of life; ſolemn, charges crowd in upon
me. I am paffing on from one ſtage to another, and ou |
I muſt goto the houſe appointed for all the living. The
utmoſt extent of my life may probably be but three ſcore
years and ten ; and when I hail have diſcharged the duties
incumbent on me, as a member of ſociety, and the family,
and my eyes are cloſed in death, ſhall I leave the troubles
of this life, and then ceaſe to exiſt? Have I any part that
ſhall ſurvive the diſſolution of the body? Yes, beyond a
| doubt, my ſoul is continually anxious after reſt; yea, it is
an immortal principle. But where ſhall it live? Is it all
uncertainty about the exiſtence of the ſpirit after death ?
Where ſhall I find ſatisfactory information? I ſearch for
it in the pages of antiquity, and in the writings of heathen
ſages, but they leave me in a ſtate of ambiguity. They
indulge ſome glimmering hope of future happineſs, but ſha-
dows, clouds, and pins Je reſt upon their proſpe&. I
| | Dd2 enquire

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enquire of thoſe who boaſt of their reaſon, and glory in the

name of philoſopher; but their anſwer is not calculated
to conſole the mind with any cheering expectation; they

give up the idea. of a future ſtate,” and ſay, that after man
| — undergone the diſtreſſes and trials of this tranſitory life,

Hue retires for ever into gloomy annihilation. What en-

couragement or comfort have I, therefore, in living a virtu-
ous life; or what dread of committing the greateſt out-
rages on my fellow creatures? Why do I bear the pains of

:adverſe fortune? Why not become my own executi-

oner, ſhut my eyes on all things in this wretched ſtate, and
ceaſe to be perplexedꝰ But let me hold: That God who

made me, and gave me faculties capable of contemplating
his excellencies and perfections, has alſo given me a volume

_ Introduced into the world with every neceſſary mark of di-
vinity and authenticity, and which throws unbeclouded

luſtre on what was before only conjecture. The goſpel
informs me that the ſoul ſhall outlive the body; and that

according to the ſtate in which it is, when it leaves tlie

tenement of clay, its ſituation ſhall be in another world.

| ee the foundation of all true happineſs, is exhi-

ited to the ſatisfaction of every one who views him in
his exalted character, as the Redeemer. of the world. —
Ohl thou who art precious to my ſoul, who alone canſt

give comfort and joy, incline and enable me from this mo-

ment to believe in thee as my only hope, my only ſafety;

ſanctify me by thy Spirit, and make me meet for that ex-
alted ſtate of being, which thy word aſſures me awaits all

who are in thy favour : ſo that ĩ may be enabled to ſhun the

way which leads to deſtruction, and avoid thoſe awful con-
ſequences of dying in a ftate of rebellion againſt God — the

worm that dieth not, and the fire that is never quenched.

Let me be. intereſted in thy merits, and I ſhall paſs through
the remaining part of life with a hope that I ſhall not be
- deſtroyed : and when nature is exhauſted, and the thread

of life broken, I ſhall embrace death with ſerenity, rejoic-

: | ing in the aſſurance of a happy re ſurrection, and a life of 2

perfect felicity, among the noble and elevated company
which ſhall ſurround the throne of God and the Lamb.—
Amen. = „ J. S.

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ſuperiority of the goſpel to the Moſaical 3 |
om the vaſt difference which there is in the dignity of |
the perſons by whom the law and goſpel came ; the former
is ſaid to be the word ſpoken by angels,” but the latter
firſt ++ began to be ſpoken by the 2 and was confirmed
unto us by them that heard him.” But though the law in
glory is inferior to the goſpel, yet God would not ſuffer it
to be trampled upon by his rebellious ſubjects; but main-
tains its honour by a ſtrict execution of its threatenings
upon the diſobedient. \Now “ if the law which was or-
dained by angels in the hands of Moſes was ſtedfaſt, and
every tranſgreſfion and diſobedience received a juſt recom-
pence of reward, how is it poſſible for us to eſcape pyniſh-
ment if we negle& that great ſalvation, which came by
the Lord Jeſus Chriſt? If they eſcaped not who refuſed
him that ſpake on earth, much more ſtall not we eſcape if
we turn away from him that ſpeaketh from heaven.“

Thus the enquiry, how all we eſcape if we neglect ſo great ©
ſalvation ? -plainly intimates, that puniſhment is abſolutely
unavoidable,' if we negle& that mercy which is tendered t6
us in the goſp el. t

How fall we eſcape i, we neglect
What an important. enquiry ! You that negle& this great
ſalvation, fay what way have you found to eſcape the wrath
of God? Are you acquainted with any name among men
beſide that of Jeſus, in which you can be ſaved. Let the
men of learning and genius ſummon all their wiſdom to
this point. Let the philoſopher and ſtateſman fit in;coun-
eil on this queſtion ; it will yet remain unanſwerable. We
cannot eſcape if we neglect this great ſalvation. |. Ig
How great then muſt be the folly of thoſe who are care-
leſs and indifferent about this ſalvation, preferring thereto
the vanities of the preſent world? O finner ! will you per-
fiſt in this neglect? Remember the hour of death is rapidly
approaching, when you muſt appear before the bar of God,
there to anſwer to the dreadful charge of having rejected
the great ſalvation ; 'for it is appointed to all men once to
die, and after that the judgment. | 3
Indeed, if we weep over the miſeries of ſlaves and
heathens, we have reaſon to ſhed tears of blood over
thoſe in our own country who diſregard the gofpel, al-
though they are expoſed to eternal miſery without it.
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and in which, perhaps,

The privileges which we enjoy,
we glory, if neglected and abuſed, inſtead of ſaving, will

prove fuel to the fire that cannot be quenched, O that this.

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R privileges are great, and our obligations increaſe |

f . accordingly. The hopes of heaven and glory are cal.
culated to raiſe our minds above the carnal objects of this
fublunary ſtate, and do, as far as faith is in exerciſe, and
the means of grace are improved; but under all the advan-

ages of a pure warſhip, and its free exerciſe, we have need
of. being daily ſtirred up, leſt we reſt ſhort-of the mark for
the prize of our high calling of God in Chriſt Jeſus.—
*« Wherefore we receive a kingdom which cannot be
moved, let us have grace whereby we may ſerve Gad ac-
ceptably with reverence and godly fear; for our God is a

_ conſuming fire.” The way to worſhip God acceptably then,

is with reverence: and godly fear; under a ſenſe of his glo-

| rious majeſty, as king of kings, and lord of lords, of our own

vileneſs as ſinners, and of the infinite diſtance between God
and us. Theſe thoughts will prevent preſumgtuous bold-
neſs and irrxeverence when we. enter the houſe of God.
The firſt word implies ſhame, bluſhing, and confuſion of

face, fuch as is exprefſed—Ezra, ix. 6, O my God, I am.

aſhamed, and bluſh to lift up my face to thee my God, for

dur iniquities are increaſed over our heads, and our treſpaſs

is grown up unto the heavens ;” and Dan. ix. 7, O Lord,

_ * righteauſneſs belongeth unto thee ; but to us confuſion of

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ul in ſecret ſervices, from a view of the danger of fin-
ning againſt God in holy worſhip, and of provoking his

wrath and indignation, © who is of purer eyes than to

behold evil, and cannot look on iniquity.” This holy re-

verence will excite in the ſoul ſpiritual care and diligence,

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Not to be raſh or preſumptuous with our mouths, nor

haſty in our hearts, to utter any thing before God. It will

teach us to keep our feet when we go to the Houſe of God,

to be more ready to hear, than to offer the ſacrifice of

fools, for they conſider not that they do evil.” 1 5
Much of our irreverence before God in his worſhip ariſes.

from our pride and ſelf-ignorance. To whom do we ap-

proach? Not an earthly king, but the omnipotent king a

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all the nations of the earth. Fear ye not me? ſaith the
Lord; will ye not tremble at my preſence? Who hath
placed the ſand for the bound of the ſea, by a perpetual de-

cree that it cannot paſs; and the waters thereof toſs them-'
ſelves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet cam.
they not paſs over it” her J 8
Nothing but a view of the divine character can humble a
ſinner, and produce a proper diſpoſition and deportment in
the worſhip of God. When the prophet Iſaiah (chap. vi.)
ſaw the ſeraphim worſhipping with their faces and their
feet covered, he cried, © Woe is me | for I am undone,
becauſe I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the
midſt of a people of unclean. lips; for mine eyes have ſeen
the King, the Lord of Hoſts.” _. : Yo
The thought of God's eye being upon us will produce
an ardent deſire to approve-our/ſelves unto him, and arm the

_ ſoul againft fin and temptation. * The eyes of the Lord
are in every place beholding the evil and the good.“

Shall I then, while in God's immediate preſence, and
engaged in his worſhip, take notice of every thing that
paiſes there? Shall I, while addreſſing the Majeſty of Hea= +
ven, have my thoughts taken off by ſurrounding objects?
Is not this tempting fatan, laying ourſelves open to temp-
tation, and. provoking the Moſt High? eB

This reverence and godly fear will arm us with boldneſs,
and prevent the fear of man. To fear man is, in a degree,
to truſt him, and make fleſh our arm, and to take off our
dependence from the arm of God. It is to attribute might
to a feeble creature, and weakneſs to the Almighty God,

who weigheth the mountains in ſcales, and the hills in a
balance. Who art thou that art afraid of a man that ſhall
die, and of the ſon of man that ſhall be made as graſs, and
forgetteſt the Lord thy maker.” Man cannot touch a hair
of thy head, without permiſſion from God. Fear not
tim therefore, who can kill the body, but rather fear him
who is able to caſt ſoul and body into hell.” „

The effect of worſhipping God with reverence and godly
tear would be great. It is an experimental truth, that the
moſt ſolemn and weighty things, delivered with lightneſs and
a lippant behaviour, will make no impreſſion on the hearers;

_ while thoſe that are ſpoken with ſeriouſneſs will fink deep
into the mind - produce filence and conſideration. Our
allociates make much impreſſion on our deportment; the
effect, therefore, between minifters and people, will be re-
cprocal ; they will imbibe his very manner and diſpoſition;

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iritual help, that we perſevere in the faith of the
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12 R OMAINE.
My Drax FrIENDS, |
INDING that I cannot meet the ſoc
J have two or three things to recommend to you,

which I hope the Lord God will pleaſe'to bleſs to all your
fouls. The firſt is, that you would confider the preſent: af-

MR.

e ſociety this evening,

flicting providence as the work of God: Man can do no-
thing but what God permits, therefore murmur not, nor

repine at ſecond cauſes, for that is a reflection upon God.

Remember God does all things well, for his own glory, and
for his people's good: Vea, he makes all things work to-

gether for their good; and if all, then this providence
among the reſt. May this conſideration quiet your afflicted
fpirits, and teach you to ſubmit to the Lord's ſovereign will.
& O, ſay you, this is a hard leſſon, for now the Lord is taking

away from us the goſpel and the means of grace.” I would

obſerve to you, in the ſecond place, God very often takes
away from his people all the props, that they may lean
more upon him; he has laid but one foundation, and on that

only muſt we build; but if we think of any thing elſe, he

ſoon convinces. us of the weakneſs. Look then, my dear
friends, at the God-Man Chriſt Jeſus; make him your 4.
in all, and then will you want means leſs, becauſe you truſt.
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more in the God of all means. Exalt and glorify Chriſt by |
living upon him for all things.” Live upon Chriſt for ſaving
knowledge; he is your Prophet. Adore continually the
wiſdom that cometh down from above. Live upon him as
your Prieſt, by whoſe life and death alone you can be par-
doned and juſtified at the bar of. juſtice. And live upon
him as your King, to rule in you and over you. And then,
thirdly, your walk and converſation will be as becometh
the Goſpel of Chriſt. When Chriſt reigns in you in all his
offices, Th will not ſuffer you to be barren or unfruitful ; he
has no barren branches in Him the true vine. Becauſe 1
live (ſays he) ye thall live alſo:— Live as a living branch
does; bud and bloſſom, and bring forth rich and ripe fruit.
Without this living to God, all pretended faith and expe-
rience is a deluſion. Irecommend to you theſe three things
—ſubmiſſion to God's wil—-living in Chriſt— and living
to Chriſt; and while you do thoſe things you ſhall never
fall. The Lord comfort you, and carry on his work in your
' hearts. To his mercy I commend you, as one bound by
many ties to be your faithful friend and loving paſtor,

WM. ROMAINE.

though diſmiſſed for a time,
Friday afternoon, June 19,

Ne II. ORIGINAL LETTER OF MR. BEDDOME.
Dear Covsin, © _. | - - Ofober 18, 1159.

1 the motions of the wheels of Providence are
rough and intricate, nay, though they are retrograde,
and ſometimes ſeem to go back, vet there are eyes within
and without, and I doubt not but all things are ordered by an
infinitely wife God fof your good and advantage. I hope
you have found the ſchool of affliction to be the ſchool of
Chriſt, and that you can ſay with David, in very faithful-
neſs thou haſt aflicted me. In your laſt you told me of
a promife that had been ſweet to you: by that, God was
preparing you for the ſorrowful ſcene that followed. He
allured you. and brought you into the wilderneſs, and |
truſt he has there ſpoken comfortably to you. The bitter
cup is ſometimes as neceſſary as the cordial draught ; and
when God teaches us, as Gideon did the men of Saccoth,
by the briars and'thorns of the wilderneſs, his leſſons often
make the deepeſt impreſſion. I ſhall be heartily glad to
hear of the perfect reſtoration of your health, and above
all, of your ſpiritual welfare. I am, &c.

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anger in a Roman Catholic Miſſionary, will contribute in
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of different ſects, you will oblige me by inſerting it.“

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with D. Michael de Eloriago, an experienced Captain,

- who had offered to carry him over to Japan, and arrived in

fight of it the 9th of October; they ſtood in as cloſe as

they could to the land. Spying a fiſher-boat, it was thought

nit to ſend ſome men in the pinnace for information. They
made uſe, for that purpoſe, of a heathen Japaneſe, who was

.* with the Abbot Sidoti, and had promiſed to go into Japan
with the Miſſionary, and to keep him concealed, if there

were occafion. The Japanefe being come up to the fiſher-

men's bark, (talked to them for fome time, but was fo
. daunted at their anſwer, that he would never ſuffer the

. Spaniards to come any nearer to the . fiſhermen, though
theſe laſt expreſſed by many ſigns that there was nothing
fear. When the Japaneſe came on board again, Mr.

idoti examined him in the preſence of the Spaniſh officers.

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All his anſwer was, that they could not go into 42 with-

out expoſing themſelves to imminent danger of being diſ-
covered; that, as ſoon as ever they had ſet their foot

\ aſhore, they would be-ſeized and carried before the Empe-

ror, and that he, being a cruel and bloody man, would im-
mediately put them to death with dreadful tortures. The

concern that appeared in his countenance, and ſome words

that he let fall, gave occaſion te ſaſpe@ that he had re-
vealed the Abbot Sideti's deſign to the fiſhermen. There-

upon the Abbot withdrew to beg of God to inſpire him what

courſe to take. | | IE
About five, o'clock in the evening he returned to the
Captain, to acquaint him with his final reſolution.
happy moment is come, Sir, ſaid he to him, 7 have ſo mam

years wiſhed for; we are now at the entrance into Japan; 1
is time to prepare all things to ſet me afhore in the country

It is taken from a work publiſhed in Paris, in 17135 and the foliow-
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ave ſo much longed after; you have been fo enerous as to
5 hw ſe. acroſs 77 that 5 to you, 244 made fa-
mous by ſo many ſhipwrecks ; be pleaſed to fini/h the work you
have begun; leave me alone ami e _ that. is in truth
| an enemy to Chriſtianity, but whom 1 hope to bring under the
yoke - the goſpel. I do not rely on my own ſtrength, but on
the all-powerful grace of Jeſus Chriſt, &c. e
Notwithſtanding Captaty Zieriogy was well inclined to
comply with the Abbot Sidoti's defires, he did not forbear
repreſenting to him that he thought it more proper to. put
offthe landing for ſome days; that it was likely the fiſher=
men were acquainted nm his deſigns, having diſcourſed
with the heathen Japaneſe; that they could not fail to
watch and ſeize him, as ſoon as ever he landed; and in
_ - concluſion, that they ran no hazard in ne, out ſome
other place where they might land with more ſafety. All
theſe reaſons made not the leaſt impreſſion on the Abbot
Sidoti. He anſwered the Captaim that ſince the wind was
fair, they ought to take the advantage of it; that the more
they delayed, the more he ſhould be expoſed to diſcovery;
that his reſolution was fixed, and therefore he conjiiredghim
not to obſtry& the work of God. The Captain yielded to
the prefling inſtance of the Miſſionary, and ordered all
things for ſetting him aſhore in. the dark night In the
mean time the Abbot wrote ſeveral letters, prayed with the
ſhip's crew, as is uſual abuard Spauith veſſels, and then

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It was about midnight when he went into the boat with

the Captain and ſeveral other Spaniards, who would needs
bear him company; he prayed all the way, and at laſt got
aſhore, with much trouble, becauſe the ſhore in that part
was very ſteep. The Spaniards went a little way with him;
the Captain with much difficulty perſuaded him to accept
of a few pieces of gold, to make uſe of upon occafion.—

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: ARE days ago two Gentlemen having called" at a
L A. Coffee-houſe in the city, and drank a bottle together;
when abvut to part, both inſiſted on paying. One put a
even- ſhilling- piece on the-table, and [wore dreadfully that
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Groth fill faſter. The Water of the houſe hesring

paſſed, came forward and ſaid, if they would allow him 25
| examine the money, he would tell them whether or not it

as good, Returning ſoon after, he, in the moſt” polite

4 manner, laid the. Piece before them on a card Printed as

follows: | WEST
A FRIENDLY HNr.

1 chills my blood to hear the bleſt Supreme
Rudely appeal'd to on each trifling theme: ' *
aintain' your ank, vulgarity deſpiſe, ' | 9 25
To ſwear 18 neither brave, -p'lite, nor wiſe z e
Vou would not wear upon a bed of death: 5
Reflect! your Maker aa could ſtop your breath.

The gentlemen read it, and he who had ſworn owned

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ENCOURAGEMENT To THE hae TO ATTEND
THE HOUSE OF GOD.

| | The following inſtance evinces the poſſibility that thoſe =

recover their hearing who have long mourned in ſecret,
becauſe the voice of falyation has * on their ear
\- confuſed and indiſtinct. 4

TOHBN HARMOOD was born January 10th, 1709-10;
his life paſſed on to the verge of manhood, in the towns
of Lymington and Portſea, in the county of Southampton.
More than forty years he was employed as a labourer in
his Majeſty's yard at Portſea, and was known by the name
of Honeft John, which, while it ſheds a fragrance on his
memory, prevented his elevation; his ſolicitous friends
fought his promotion, but it was anſwered. e better man =
eould not be put in bis place.”
Before the military guarded the yard, he uſually ſpent
his watch-nights in meditation, prayer, and praiſe ; but his

| chief delight was his early walk on the ſabbath morning,

King 8 yard; when preſſed to it he often refuſed, and if it 3

to hail the ſun emerging from the ocean. The ſublimity |
of the proſpect, united with the general tranquillity of his
mind, produced a-ſerene folemnity, in which temper he

| heard from the lips of his reverend paſtor Mr. Nęwman,

the words of eternal life.
Work on the Lord's-day was not then ſo frequent in the |

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appeared to him a work of neceſſity, the neceſſitous reaped
_ the fruit of his labours; with the reſidue he bought books
of demtin , , ep onda tg” 163 5 25
On the firft ſabhath of a probational ſermon by Mr. —,
at Fareham, in his 82d year, after an increaſing deafneſs of
ſixteen years, (eight of which were exceedingly painful)
on that day he preſented himſelf to God with his hearing

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of God, and. was ſeen not as was his uſual cuſtom, literally -

on tip-toe, with fixed eyes, and with a countenance which
' alternitely indica ed forrow or joy, as he heard or did not

hear —but with ſhowers of tears, teſtifying his gratitude,

and his poſſeſſion of joys unſpeakable. and full of glory.—

The davs were paſt, in which he tried every ſituation and

attitude to hear; and his friend was no longer wanted to

ſhew him the appointed hymns and portions of ſacred ſcrip- |

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At the cloſe of public worſhip, he expreſſed, in broken
_ accents his gratitude and joy, calling on all to unite with
him in praiſe, adding, © Now, God has totally removed my
fears—1 ſhall die in a little time—a little while enjoy my
Redeemer's pledge of love, and then cloſe my days. His
| hearing and aſſurance of the favour. of God in Chriſt re-
mained till his death. | „ el

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After enjoying theſe bleſſings ſixteen months, he awoke

early on the morning of his 84th birth-day, and finding him-
ſelf extremely thirſty, called his niece ; ſhe went to fetch
him ſome refreſhment, and on her return, found him in the
ſame poſture—but his ſpirit was with God.

Reader, art thou deaf? for the ſake of example attend 8
the houſe of God; thy recovery is not impoſſible—he was

an old man when his hearing was reftored.

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Mr. Hearn had lived, what is commonly called, a moral life, by which
he oi:tained a general good character among men; but remained a ſtranger
to real religion until about ten days before his death, when it pleaſed God
to enlighten his mind, and give him the knowledge of his Son Jeſus Chriſt.
He had been ill, for ſome months, in a decline; and, on September the ft, .
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A only foundation of a ſinner's hope, and made ſome remarks on the cha-

you; for he never diſappointed any that believed in him.”

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hic of the frailty of human nature, and of the importance of a ge bope
thiough grace; to Which he replied, “ That's TE buys Crs
What to think of my hope. His friend obſerved, that Jeſus Chriſt is the

| of Chriſt as a ſuitable Saviour. This made à tonliderable impreſ.
n on his mind, and, in the following night, he appeared much ms i
body, and was deeply concerned about the falvation of his ſoul. He ſaid
he ſhould be glad if he could ſee Mr. Sprague. His friend, ſuppoſing him
> be very near death, ſent immediately to call him. | e
As ſoon as Mr. S. came to him, he ſaid, „O, Sir, I am glad to fee
you. I am very ill. I ſhall ſoon die, I am a finner ; but I have ſeen the
croſs, and Chriſt ſays, Come unto me all ye that labour. How great is the
love of Chriſt in coming into the world to ſave finners!** Mr. 8. then
aſked him if he were afraid to die? To which he replied, © I was; but
am not now, becauſe Chriſt ſays, unto me Come.“ It was then obſerved
to him, that the invitations of Chriſt are directed to. ſinners; and that he
would ſurely caſt out none that came unto him: He was/aſked if he
found Chrift to be the only obje& of his truſt, and if- he were willing to
commit his ſoul into his hands? He anſwered, -** I have nothing elſe” to
truſt to. Then be affured,”” aid Mr. 8. that Chriſt will not reject
_ © He thought death had been approaching, and ſaid, Lam going: the
river is before mgg. and angels are waiting to receive me.“ On ſeeing his
Father and relatives weeping, he ſaid, + Weep not for me, but weep for
: 8 ;** and exhorted them, in a ſolemn manner, to ſeek after God,
© to walk in his ways, and be concerned for eternity. Soon after a cloud
dame upon his mind, and he faid, the enemy was very buſy ; that he had
been on the brink of hell, but that Chriſt had ſaid unto him, Fear not, I
| Have pleaded for thee, Finding him very low, Mr. S. promiſed to viſit
kim again early in the morning, and then jeft him. | /
The next morning, at ſeven o'clock, Mr. S. found him much re-
- vived, and his mind ſweetly engaged on divine things. He then related an”
account of the exerciſes of his mind, ſaying he was a great ſinner, that he
25 lived all his days without God, and had never thought any thing about
_ Chriſt till the preceding evening; but though he was a great ſinner, he
was not without hope Er Chriſt had invited him to come; and he was able
to ſave the chief of ſinners. O how,” ſaid he, ** ſhoujd we praiſe the
Lord, for his love and grace to the children of men i And how thankful
ought I to be, that the Lord has made himſelf known to me as my Saviour
' and my friend. He ſays, I plead for thee.” On being told that Chriſt
ever liveth to make intercefſion, he ſaid, ** Oh, his precious blood! It
* from all fin l and dwelt much on the gracs and excellence of Jeſus
In che evening of the ſame day he was very weak, but ſat up in bed.
On being aſked how he had been through the day, he ſaid he had his fears,
leſt he ſhould not have applied to Chriſt aright ; that he wiſhed to have his
thoughts fixed upon Chriſt, but he found his heart ſo wicked that he wan-
defed from him; he was an unworthy creature. On being reminded of
the all-ſufficiency'of Chrift to ſave, and of the prommiſeg contained in his
words, he was enabled to rejoice. On hearing that Jeſus is gone to pre-
are manſions for his people, and has promiſed to come again and take
them to himſelf, he ſaid, But will he prepare a manſion for fo vile a
ſinner as me?” On hearing that it was for ſinners Chriſt died and rot
again, and that heaven is beſtowed on the unworthy: and being ow

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chat as hig mind was diſpoſed to truſt in Chriſt as his All in All, that the

eagerneſs to ſpeak and hear beyond what his ſtrength would admit.” bY
The next morning he was rather ſtronger in body, and expreſſed grati-

titude to God for ſparing-him-to that time. His mind was ſtaid on Chriſt 15

as the foundation of his hope. In converfation about Chriſt, and ſalvation

through him, Mr. S. obſerved, that the plan of redemption is ſach, that

in it God is juſt and holy, as well as merciful and gracious z to which he
faid, * That is what I wanted to aſk you. I ſee in the Bible a number of
threatenings, as well as comfortable promiſes. How is it that the threaten-

ings againſt ſin are fulfilled ?** On being informed that Chriſt ſtood as the

ſubſtitute of finners ; that the puniſhment due to fin was inflicted on him;
and that by his obedience, ſufferings, and death, he made complete atone-
ment; he ſaid, Ah! ſoit is; then ſalvation is eptirely through Chriſt.”
In the afternoon he lamented that he was not able to pray as he ought

he ſaid he could not exprefs himſelf before God as others could. On bei

told that prayer does not conſiſt merely in ſaying a form of words, how.

ever excellent, but that prayer is the expreſſion of our deſires to God, from
a deep ſenſe of our wants, and that however-broken our language, God
knows the heart, and by his Spirit helps the infirmities of poor fmners, he
ſaid, „My deſire is conſtantly towards him; but all I can ſay is, God
be merciful to me a finner ! Lord teach me enlighten my underſtanding,”

&c, He frequently acknowledged his unworthineis, and admited the great

| goodneſs of God in fhewing him his ſalvation, | .
The next day his mind was exerciſed reſpecting his own fincerity; he
could not truſt his own heart, and was deſirous that the Lord would ſearch
and try him; he was fully perſuaded that his own rightEouſneſs was as
«« filthy rags; and ſaid he was ſure that no man, however upright his
conduct and excellent his character might be, could poſſibly be juſtified by
his own doings; that none but Chriſt can juſtify and fave: he faid the
enemy had been tempting him to think that there could be no mercy for
him; that he had apphed too latez but that he was encouraged by the
words of Chriſt, ** Him that cometh unto me I will in no wiſe caſt out;
and by his conduct in ſaving the thief on the croſs. In ſpeaking of the
lan of redemption, he faid, It is fo good, I cannot with for a better,
here is fo much wiſdom diſcovered in it, I am perſuaded that men could
never have deviſed a way fo good.” e
The next time Mr. S. vifited him he was ſo much recovered as to be
down ſtairs. He felt himſelf very weak; had. no hope of recovery; but

his mind was comfortable in the Lord; he thought he could ſpend all his

'time in ſpeaking and hearing of divine things.

The next day he feund himſelf much weaker, his cough very trouble-
ſome, and thought his time could not be long. He ſaid, if his life was
ſpared, what pleaſure he ſhould have in reading the Scriptures, in the
ways of Chriſt, and in the ſociety of his people; but this he did not ex-
ryan On being told that the happineſs of heaven is far better, that there

would be completely free from ſin and imperfection, and ſorrow no more
for ever; he replied, I hope I ſhall find it ſo! ?

The next day it was evident that God was his ſupport ; he found it
Pleaſant to read the 23d pſalm; he thought it applicable to his own caſe
while ſpeaking of what the Lord had done for him, he ſaid he found Chriſt
very precious; he thought, if he had ſtrength and opportunity, he ſhould

gladly recommend Chrift to all around him, eſpecially to his young ae |

quaintance, but he felt himſelf extremely weak, and was ſure bis time was

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o'clock! in the morning, a judden alteration *took

place which proved his time to be thort indeed: he lay ſpecchleſs ahout

two hours, when be bid adieu to earth, being aged 29 years, and went to
Iphesit the promiſes. On the following Lord's day n funeral ſermon was
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THE ſubject of the following memoir departed this life November 18th,
. 2799, in the 57th year of his age. * .--:4

This man, in the courſe of his life, very viſibly paſſed through what 1

may call a fouy-fold flate, a ſtate of nature, of grace, of awful relaple, and

of an happy reſtoration therefrom. With the' particulars, of- his juvenile
ays, 1 am in a great meaſure unacquainted. Serving his apprenticeſhip
zhbarleſworth, in D:rb\ thire, near to a thifienting chapel, he commonly jat

tended, there with ſcveral of his neighbuurs, though for a long time, he

neither liked the doctrine nor the preacher, Here, however, it ptcaſed God
10 pierce him with the arrows of - conviction, and he ſaw himſelf a fallen,

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depraved, and ruined creature. The Lord, wh6 had wounded him, be-

came his healer : the miſts of darkneſs and ignorance being in ſome mea -

ſure diſpelled from his mind, by the bright riſing of the Sdn of Righteouſ.

neſs upon his ſoul, he ſaw by faith him who gave himiclt a rantom for

all; and who of God is made unto. us, wildom, righteouſnels, lanRifi-

cation, and redemption.” In ſhort, he became an intelligent chriſtian, a

warm, and zealous follower of the Lamb, diligently and conſtantly attend-
ing to all the means of grace. He was tor _ years much reipectcd ;

and for fome time officiated as clerk at the chapel betore alluded to.
But now, alas! an unhappy circumſtance took place, which (though it

attached no criminality to him) turned him out of-the path of duty, for
twelve or fourteen years. The houle of God, the people of God, and the

ways of God, were all forſaken z. he became a man of the world again,—
To all appearance the lamp was Yuite extinguiſhed, and the oil exhautted.
; The Lord, by the Prophet, ſays, „I will ſerk that which was loſt, and
bring again that which was driven away.“ This paſlage was exemplified in
the ſubject of this memoir. Though he was for a long time, to all a
-pearance loſt and forſaken, yet that God, whoſe love is immutable, broug
im (in his own time) to the fold again. This was effected in ſomething

like the following manner :— About three years ago his wife began to be

very diligent in the ule of the means of grace; at one time when ſhe was

preparing to go to meeting, this thought was much impreſſed upon his

mind; “ What! ſhe will go to heaven by herſelf ! but,” ſaid be to him-

ſelf, „I will follow her to the meeting; accordingly be did; to the next |

meeting he accompanied her, and beinggaſked by one of the company, if he

would give out an hymn and go to prayer, “No, ſaid he, . I will not

go to prayer at this time, but if you pleaſe, IT will give. out an hymn, and
vou ſhall go to prayer;“ ſo it was. At the next meeting the ſame. queſ-

tion was put to him, which he accepted; and having given out an hymn,
be addreſitd the throne of grace in ſuch an earneſt and fer dent manner, a8

gave great pleaſure and ſatisfaction to all who were preſent. In the con-

feſſional part of his prayer, he in a very ingenuous manner, and with great

contrition of mind, acknowledged and confeſſed, his great apoſtacy, and

earneſtly be ſought God, that if be had brought him back, never to permit
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alas !' he had not been reftored te his uſefulneſs as a chriſtian, much more
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it, he was never heard to drop a murmuring word; but when any of his
friends intimated to him, that his affliction was heavy, he would fay

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who went to ſee him, finding him weak and low, ſaid, © James, laſt time 1
was here you could fing and go to prayer with us, but you can't now.
Ves, ſaid he, I think I can.“ He took a book, gave out an hymn, _—
and ſung, and prayed in ſuch a manner as aſtoniſhed all preſent. This
was tris laſt ſong on earth; for the hand of death was upon him. From
that time he weakened apace, and could ſay but little; but his hops was
firm. For many hours before his diſſolution he ſpoke but once, and
that juſt before he departed :—Ovne of his ſiſters coming to ſee him, and

beholding the ſituation in which he was, burſt into tears and cried out,
* Lord Jeſus help thee !” He fixed his eyes upon her, and ſaid, *'be
will,” In a few minutes after he gave up the ghoſt. Thus, 1
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Nov. 29, 1799. Died, after a few days illneſs, in her 81ſt year, Mrs.
Sarah Toms, wife of the Rev. Mr. Iſaac Toms, diſſenting miniſter f
Hadleigh, in Suffolk. She was the only child of the Rev. Mr. Samuel |
Say, diſſenting miniſter ſucceſſively at Yarmouth, Loweſtoft, Iplwich, and
Weſtminſter, Her amiable chriftian diſpoſition and deportment through
life, greatly endeared her to all her numerous connections, and while her
ſurvivors feel regret at the loſs of ſo much excellence, recollection of the
palt, and aſſured hope of future immortal life, conſpire to adminiſter che
ſtrongeſt conſolation in her death. © GE |

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ON Friday, Nov. 29, 1799, died of a conſumption, at Yattendon,
Berks, Mrs. Shepherd, in her 44th ya. | :
Her firſt impreſſions in religion were occaſioned by the converſation.and
death of a. brother, who- died in the Lerd, in the year 1788. Theſe im-
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preſſions were conſiderably ſtrengthened by reading Allein's alarm to the
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| ” eanſtant attention and earneſt purſuit. . She then felt an increaſing defire
t hear the golpel; Which induced her to aceompany her huſband to Baſ-
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all place has been fince erected; here ſhe was enabled to receive the
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love to an unſeen Chriſt. and his dear followers. From that time ſhe
_ , uniformly attended the word at Goring, became a member of that ſociety,
_ and chearfully went ſeven miles diſtance to. hear the word. Her uniform
_ piety, chriſtian meekneſs, patience, and chearfulnefs, under many trying

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all my profeſſion, the Lord would caſt me off, and give me up to the will

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on z a neighbouring village, where the truth in

of Ber ſoul; the felt muck peace in believing; and

difpenſations, were exceeding great; her religion took root downward in

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her intereſt in Chriſt, yet ſhe hoped that he was the object of her love

faith, and that her hopes of eternity were built upon him alone. She was

frequently exerciſed with donbts and fears concerning the reality bf her re-
ligion, and -complained 5 1 deadneſs, coldneſs, arid hardneſs of
diſtr

r. Her miniſter viſited her frequently during ber confinement; at the

irſt interview, ſhe ſaid ſhe was favoured with more of the bright beains of

the Sun of righteouſneſs than uſual, but feared, that. this gracious vilit

' - would be ſücceeded by a night of darkneſs ; yet ſhe ſpoke freely and with
tears, of the goodneſs of God to her ſoul ; te

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blood and righteouſneſs of Chriſt alone that ſhe relied for falvation and ac-
ceptance with God. 55 „ pong

Affe ion te her kind partner and tender little ones, made her wiſh for

a longer ſtay on earth, and ſhe found it difficult to give them up; yet ſhe

About a month before her death, her heart was filled with joy, and ſhe

Was exceedingly happy, refigned in all things to the will of heaven, and
could ſay in holy and humble ſubmiſſion to the Lord, „Thy will be done.”
Every doubt was baniſhed from her mind, all her fears were removed, and
a heavenly calm poſſeſſed her ſoul. Every thing of a worldly nature now -
diſappeared, ſhe was perſuaded ſhe ſhould be happy through her Saviour's
blood. Chriſt and his croſs was all her theme; ſhe defired to depart and ©

to he with him. Sometimes ſhe obſerved, I am afraid I ſhall be impa-

tient, but not a murmur' eſcaped her lips during her whole illneſs; and

her joy, reſignation, patience, confidence in the Lord, and the views ſhe
had of eternity are beyond the power of language to expreſs. To her mi.

niſter ſhe ſaid, “ Sir, I now enjoy the benefit of the religion which J
Have fo long profeſſed, though I ſometimes thought I had no part not

lot in the matter ; that I was deceiving myſelf and others; and that, after

of my enemies; but now I can ſay

Did Jeſus once upon mg thine?

cc Then Jeſus is for ever mine. .

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humility, and brought fruit upward to the glory of God; the church and |
: people of God were conſtrained to love her, and even the profane to ſpeak

© well of her ; ſhe ſhone to every body but herſelf.
She had, in general, been timid and weak in her. confidence reſpecting

| ſtreſs and trouble to her, and ſhe often wept |
under a ſenſe of it. She ſaw herſelf a poor, unprofitable, unworthy crea-
ture, and was aſtoniſhed at the goodneſs of God and his 3 towards

s of God with her, and deſired to learn obedience by the

an was a DCD2

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need them njoſt 3 for now, as my outward man decaysthe Lord ftrengthens
me within; I now find his grace ſufficient. for me. I know he will not

lay upon me more than I am able to bear; he is my Shepherd, I ſhall-not
want; though T walk through the valley of the ſhadow of death, I will
fear no evil ; for thou wilt be with me, thy rod and ſtaff they will comfort
me. I ſhall ſhortly leave this body of fin and death; be with him, and be

like him. © happy moment ! happy place ! bleſſed company! I ſhall on |

be where fin; ſorrow, and Satan's fiery darts ſhall be no more. My foul
is delighted with the proſpec t. FNF

She N a, great deſire for the falvation of thoſe who were with het,
chat they mig fac the dangers from which ſhe was delivered, and ob-

tain the blefſed comforts whicti now refreſhed her ſoul; ſhe earneſtly ex-
horted them to ſeek Chriſt and ſalvation ; ſhe ſpoke to them of tke uncer-
tuinty of time, and of” the inſufficiency of all the ſhort-liv*d creatures of

this world, to ſatisfy the vaſt deſires of an immortal foul z and added

„% What is all this world to me now ? what are friends, phyſiciaus, or

riches ? N what ſhould I now-do without the phyfician of fouls; the pre-

When Mr. S. appeared to be affected, ſhe would addreſs him thus:
« My deaf, don't-weep, you hurt me; weep not for me, rejoice,' rejoice ;
we ſhall ſoon meet again our dear little ones; their loſs will be great, but
my gain will be greater. O bleſs God for what he has done for us!

O praiſe him with me for the kind aſſiſtance afforded the precious viſits
which he vouchſafes—and the good hope beyond the grave which he has
given me] O let us bleſs God for all his benefits. Look. to Jefus and
preſs forward; the Lord hath bleſſed you Abundantly in fpirituals and

temporals ; be thankful ; and though I am about to leave you, the Lord
will be with you; he doth all ings well, and all things ſhall work to-

_ gether for good. In. the dead of night the would fometimes break forth
in ſinging, and declare that Chriſt was precious to her. She obſerved, juſt

before her departure, I am now on the brink. of eternity, and cried
out Come Lord Jeſus,. come quickly. To this ſhe added, (he is

coming,” and then expired to meet him.

Thus was ſhe enabled to meet death, depri ed of all bis terrors, with |

calmneſs and tranquillity; and quitted this ſtate of exiſtence to enjoy ever-
laſting peace and glory at the right hand of him who liyeth for ever and
W R | | |

A funeral ſermon was preached at Goring, y. Mr. Wilkins, from Phi-

lippians i. 23, to a crouded and affected auditory. 88 .
Goring, s E . by: 1 5 cy 4d | W. W.

* RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—GENERAL MEETING,
WE are authorized to ſtate, that on Wedneſday, May 14th, and the two
following days, will be held, the General Annual Meeting of the Society,

when the religious ſervices and buſineſs will be conducted in the following

order,

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Rev. J. Brown, of Haddington,) will preach in the morning at Surry

Chapel, At three o'clock in the afternoon the Society will meet for buſi-

the Tabernacle. |
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W. left the Cape at half poſt ten o clock wh we ie mar ning. After we kad |

paſſed the Zoute river, Brothers Pens and Gabr. Vos over took v3
on horſeback, iring us letteis to friends, and directing us in the way,
hieh we had ſoſt“ They accompanied us to the foot of the Tygerberg,
then returned. "We fupped at the houſe of our friend Jacobus Vos,
and then proeceded to the Ie of Daniel Cryng. This was the laft houſe
on the Fygerberg; we ſlept in the field, but Gd) breakfafted and, fined
with dur triend.- Mr. Brink gave us two teams of oxen for our. Waggon,

which we ſent to Mr. Van Zulch. We follow ei with Mr. Crype, w 2
| waggon'of eight horſes, until we overtook ohr own waggon, when Mr.

Cryno returned. We paſſeq, at fix o'clock at night, the Groote Bergrir
ver, in a boat, and arrived at Mr. Van Tulch's, = eight. Mr. Boſman,
the veld cornet, ſummoned the people round about to ſerve us with oxen ;
and (24th) he gave us his own oxen to convey us to Mr. Retiff. We
dined Mr. Retiff's houſe, who gave us twelve freſh oxen, and we came,

accomipa: nied by Mr. Van Zulch, to Roodezand at four o clock, Where

twelve oxen more were ready for us, Which carried us. to Mr. 's
Houſe, at Vogelvalley. The family were in beds. ot. roſe and RYE

ſuppe- and lodgings for us.

* 25th, At eight o'clock, after prayer with the family, we went on, hav
ing a freſh team af oxen, but Brother Edwards ſtayed behind. In our
way we found a gentleman, named Weiſe, waiting on the road with. oxen
for us; we walked on with him, and he-exprefled his reſolution to leave

| his farm, and to go n a miſſion f God ſhoyld call, Mr. Leivenberg, his

wife, and Brother Edwards: overtook us in à horſe: waggon; we all too
place in it, after we had paſſed the moſt dangerous parts < of the Roodezand

Kloof ; we croiled the Kleine Bergriver, and arrived in the afternoon. 14

Roedezand, where we lodged.
zö th. Brother Kicherer N the morning, and Brother ke ve,

he Society will meet
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for ey benefit of tl th E. _ Religious Traft Nane . 21000 25 N 5 b 2 50 nig,
Morey, AN 91 25 ived from 2 ach Marchs to 25th A1 1890

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mopting of heathens,
„Jong. ſervant. of Mr. Vos, preached. at Mrs, Smit's houſe,

"_
_ which, Brother Vanderkemp. ſpoke to them at E41 requeſt, and five
or hx of the Ages tan Bs, \ faith and hope in Chriſt
| ns; Rev, Mr. Vos concluded with prayer. ;Before this meeting, we
all went to * field with Mr. Vos, to conſult, abaut our ſeparation; we
2 rg F lutions, and perſiſted in our opinion, that it was
at one of uy ſhould go with Brother Edwards the Boſehemem

25 Mag bo Crates nem pretent with us at Roodezand, bad declared that he
Sond himſelt as a6 er ou gl 3 work, After much deliberation it

was determined, Brother Kydghexer ſhauld accompany Brother Edwards
the Boſchemen, and Brothers Vanderkemp asd Edmonds to the Caffres.
others Edwards and Edmond were NOAA: nina by the as
Mr. Vos ang their brethren, , |
— 2gth. After Mr. Vos bad prayed with us and about gebot "friends, at
the, houſe, of Mrs. Smit, Brothers Kicherer and Edwards returned to the
Cape, in compapy of Mr. Jacobus Vos; and Brothers Vanderkemp and
Edmond, accompanied by Mrs. Smit, &c. departed. an Roadepand 3 in
a waggon. of cight horſes, to Graaff Reinet. I N

rr or Baerns VA DEK Zur an» 496d x FROM Rogo:
'ZAND TO GRAAPP REINET..

"petting by the cataraRt of Roodezand we arrived at Kluitjes Kraul. At
eleven o clock we came to the houſe: of the veld cornet Hugo, where we
dined, and who gave us a freſh team of oxen. ; After dinner we prayed
with the family, and then departed in a waggon of eight horſes belonging
to Mr. Hugo, who accompanied us. At evening we. reached Mrs:

Pleſſi's bouſe; near the Elephant's Mountain, where we ſtayed that nights:

30th; Mr. Du P. gave us eight horſes, twelve oxen. and two large

and went with us on ere to Mr. Du Toit's, Where we 2
and prayed with the family. At eleven we topped at a couſm of Mr. Du

Toit's, where we chang | our oxen and horſes, and entered the Heckfrib

ver Kloof, and paſſed many times the river of that name. Although the
raiuy ſeaſon had commenced, and we had heavy rains at Roodezand, we
found the river, which at this ſeaſon is generally extremely dangeruus and

unfordable, now very low and eaſy to paſs. We calkd at the hauſe 6f _

Mr. Smit, at Buffelſkloof, and ſlept at Mr. Jourdan 3s.
31ſt. We got twelve freſh oxen and fix horſes, and proceeded ta Buffelc

kraal, where we ſtopt; it is ſituated at the foot of the prodigiuus high

mountain which, gives origin to the Hecks river, * was at this time co»
vered with ſnow.

June ad. Brother vanderkemp preached twice to . eigbty or ninety
people, ome of whom came ſeven hours diſtance on horſeback to hear the
word of God. Mrs, Janſen loſt her horſe ; 3 her brother went to look after
it in the mountains, and as he ſtaid - a long time d men were ſent on

bortcback after him, but he was not to be found nat nights we were um

eaſy about him, as this place was full of ere _ wolyes, but he had |

found ſhelter in a houſe.

3d.. At evening we kept our miſſionary prayer meeting with. abane - -

thirty people ; Brother Vanderkemp took 2 Thel. iii. 2. for his ſubject.

ach. We ſent off our waggon with twelve oxen of Mr. de Vos; our own |

_— ſheep, and dogs, with the hottentots. After prayer we fallowed on
horſeback accompanied by two young friends, Jourdan and de Vos. We

| paſſed over 2 where our waggen was twice in danger of
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ridges of dla EN perpendicular | mountains, which pa is c
Straat; where we faw numbers of bad; f It is alſo i ran. Bi Sd ke

- wolves, baboons, oftriches, ſpring cocks; Se. At five ofclock* A blows

at a cottage inhabited hottentots, * at” "the ac Not moment of our arri-

dave et with the veſd cornet Jac from the Verkeerde val ;

Sc h. Laſt night a heavy rain i
_ Hottentots flept. It was: he laſt houſe
the Lord had provided us'a ſhelter,

difturbed by t

ley;'to offer us fourteen oxen as To ein of the rihalicanty of Nis GR. |

ndated the kiteh@-houſe, where our
this Gde the wilderneſs; Here
this rain furniſhed'us grafs' and
and — Lege Mr. . of:

water on our road. * a paged bi

Her ge frm hone ae yy, ang arts MH
— itehed our tent under à heavy ſhower of a you

Edmond ilept in the waggon ; en with our wap es

| hay ar but we let go our oxen. © -

3th. Laſt night our dogs, who proved to be watchfal, * much
2 nr dos, our guns To each other, which
ep aſſed

cauſed ſome trouble in the morn a river which followed

| us on the fide of the rodd aff rhe they; 7. and De ſtopt at the foot of a-moun. |

tain on this fide of the Rietfountain.” At this place there is a change
Elimatez beyond this it rains very ſeldom in the rainy ſeaſdn àt the Cape
but i in the ſummer the rain comes down in heavy ſhowers with thunder.

-gth. Continuing our journey, we found the bearing of che Buffelſriver
denn N. W. to S. E. and paſſed by the Geelbeck's fountain, where we
ound the earth covered with. a ſalt ſeemingly of an earth baſs and a bitter ;
_ taſte, which blazed not when heated with charcoal. Te ſtopt i in a Place
where we found no water for. our cattle.”
+" Toth, Decamped early in the morning and found water. Atevthing we
| Nopt at the Jackall's fountain, where we found many trees and fireams
of water. As ſoon as we had raiſed our tent a heavy ſtorm with rain
came on; we thanked the Lord for having provided this ſhelter for us.

- 2ath. Fair weather but cold. After we had breaktaſted and untjed our
"hy, they were harraſſed.by a jackall, and one of them had his tail almoſt
Bitten off. We, however, got them all back, except one z all our'
went to look after this upon the mountains. . rother _ ,
Vanderkemp, Brother I replied «How think you If a man have
an hundred thee and ove of thes de gel „ doth he not leave the -
"ninety and nine in the wilderneſs and go into the mountains, &c. At
jength the ſheep was found, and we travelled till eleven o'clock at night,
when, defpairing to reach the Duka river, we . fept.i in the open
field, at a place without graſs or water.

12. We broke up at half paſt ten in the morning, and paſſed {por after

, the Duka river, commonly called the Drift; it has a flat and ſhallow bed

+ 460 feet broad, and runs from N. W. to S. E. It now contained but a
little inſignificant ſtream in the middle, which was perfectly ſweet though

the bed on both ſides was covered with the ſalt above mentioned. We left
this river at half paſt two o clock, and travelled til ten. wen

13. In the morning we paſſed the Gamka which was perſeAtly dry, but

broad. We arrived at the houſe of Sam. de Beer, who, when we in-
formed him of the object of our journey, received us with uncommon joy.
-He called his ; hs _ ſlaves together, told them _ news, and fell 1 * |

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of twelve miles from this place there was a Kraal of Caffres, the Captain

ſwered that they were going.to the Cape. We took particular notice of a

was treated with a viſible diſtinction and reverence. He dined by himſelf,

5 from Rom. iy. 25.; and in the afternoon, from Matt. xviii. 23, 25.

grief, in 8 child from me, which I have buried this very day; but

now, thou

hymns ſung by the family; we then roſe, and Brother Vanderkemp gave . 5 fy

which had formerly been tbe mark of his father's dignity, whereon was en-

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his knees and ſaid, © 0 Lord; thou haſt grieved me with-an'l

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| my ſoul with a joy greater than my grief has been, in
ſhewing me that thou has heard my prayers for the/conyerſion of the Caf-
fres, and granting me to ſee this moment the beginning of the fulfilment of
thy promiſes. He then exhorted his heathen, and ng many pſalms and
mus retative to the calling of the heathen. The name of this place was
week valley. Mr. de Beer lives here with his mother, whoſe ſecond huſ-
band was called Raubenheimer. Mr. Vaillant was at this houſe, and ſays
much in praiſe of this worthy family, but overlooks the moſt beautiful
feature in its amiable character, namely, that the fear of God dwells in it.
In a glen behind this farm, ſugar cane grows ſpontaneouſly z and the Muf-
. of its vineyard, is ſaid to be equal, if not ſuperior, to that of
Conſtantia. | OS Eb EE .
14. Before the dawning of day, we were awakened by the pſalms and

an exhortation to the heathen, preaching Chriſt to them. At the diſtance *

of which, called Berot, was killed treacheroufly ſome weeks ago, by Cap- .
tain Joſof, of another Kraal, who ript up his belly whilſt lying to reſt on

the ground, becauſe he refuſed to plunder the houſe of Mr. de Beer and N
other chriſtians. He killed alſo on the ſpot, Berot's môther, as ſhe la- Ei
mented the death of her ſon, and diſperſed the horde. Mr. de Beer ſent to a 5
this Kraal, told them of our coming, and that we intended to viſit them Fl
next morning. E l n ly

15. We roſe in the night, and departed with Mr. de Beer, and an armed. . 5

fave, on horſeback, towards the north. In a long Kloof, between two *-
ridges of mountains, we ſaw numbers of. baboons, among whom we ob- 1
ſerved one of a remarkable ſize, crying with a much louder voice than the
reſt, and we could not help admiring the ſwiftneſs with which the {pring
cocks mount the almoſt perpendicular. flat rocks, and the circular _
ſions in the ſand of about nine feet diameter and half a foot deep, made
the rolling of the Kwaggas. In this valley we found red locuſts, wit
black ſpots, of about ſive inches Jong, which, however, are not catable.—,
At the end of the Kloof we diſcovered the Kraal, with their cattle and
dogs. The Caffres, among whom we. obſerved two Gonaka, received us
kindly, and gave us milk, and afterwards boiled porridge. We propoſed
to them to follow or accompany us to their native country, but they an-

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boy of about fuur years old, being the ſon of the. murdered Captain, who

while the reſt dined by meſſes. He wore on his breaſt the braſs oval plate

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graved a horſe running over ſharp and pointed ſtones, with this inſcription
Nec aſpera torrent. We returned home in the afternoon.
16, Brother Vanderkemp preached in the morning to about fifty people,

Money was collected on theſe occaſions, for the church of Graaff Reinet.
He baptized two children, one of which was Mr. de Beer's. At evening i (i
arrived Mr, Peter Erneſt Wahlſtrand, who was ſhipwrecked on the coaſt " =
of Caffria, with Captain Stout, of the Hercules, and was now going to . =

the Cape with diſpatches from the Landdroſt. Brother Vanderkemp vi- * =
fied Roſalinda, an African ſlave, who was wounded by a venomous ani- Ee:
mal (in all probability a geitje) in the face, twenty-four days before, and BY

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Vas dow in danger of life,” The right eye api the muſcles of the face and

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fide ef the bead were conſumed 3 but the wound: locked clean and healing;
the temporal artery was entirely deſtroyed, but cloſed up. Brother Vander.

kemp prayed; with ber, and the expreſſed a full aſſurance of faith in Jeſus
Chi. Mes. Vanderburg, who lived in the glen behind the Kweckvalley,
; Gut us a quantity of fruits for refreſum ent.

tidges, as we were to pale through the ſecond partof tbe wilderneſs, which

vu much inſeſted by lions, and by the Boſchemen. Mrs. Raubenheimer
© gave us bags with almbnd

| ar raiſins, biſcuits, oranges and lemons, figs, &c.
A Caffree camg from the Kraal to tell us that they had reſolved to encamp

that day near to us in Kweekvallex. F Wt Us
18. In the morning Brother Vanderkemp ſpoke: for the laft time, and

prayed with the family and heathen, taking for his ſubje& the two firſi
ver

es: of the ten commandmenis. Mr. de Beer gave us a ſhegp, bread,

nieat, geeſe, confections, &c. and provided us with,oxen, and an arpe
| flave. We paſſed the Tygerberg, which we 88 hand, We had

2 thunder ſtarm, and ſtopt in a place called the Tygerkuil, where we llept.
29. The weather being fair we ſent the ſlave back with Ms, de Beer's
' oxen, and departed, We paſſed the Sleutefountgin, and diſcove edi the foot.
ſteps of a man; the foot was of full growth and the Reps remarkabiy hort,
but the toes. too ug for a Boſcheman's foot... We ſtopt near the Traka,
which we had on our leſt hand, being perfectly dry, and there ſixty; fe
broad, As ſoon as we had pitched our tent, we found ourſelves ſurrounded
by different wild beaits, and when it was dark we heard the people ap-
praaching. We loaded our pieces and placed ourſelves behind the buſhes
to oblerve their motions z but they ſettled. at ſome diſtance from us.
Re Oe RT ((To be concluded in our next.) „ N 247
MISSION TO THE BOSCHEMEN. 9 -

Copy of a Letter from the Miffionary Kicherer,; at the Happy ProfpeR's

Fountain, to the Rev. Mr. Vos, and afterwards ſent to V. A. Schoon-

Sincerely beloved Friend, and Brother in our gleriſied Saviour?
AS Brother Edward: reſolved, and almoſt at the ſame time put it inexe-

cution, to ſet out for Cape Town, I ſhall not have time to irfform you
of many particulars ; I cannot, however, let this opportunity paſs with-

out er a ſhort, but haſty letter; and I truſt that Brother Ed-
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wards will, at my requeſt, make up the deficiency verbally on my bebalf.
Ah! my dear Brother, what occurrences have taken place ſince our part-
ing! what diſagreeable circumſtances on the one hand, ſad moments, hid.
ings of the Lord's countenance, &c. but on the other hand, what pleſſed
enjoy ments, what awakenings, what inſtances of God's taithfalneſs, &c-
hath my ſoul often experienced ; inſomuch, that when the Lord vouchſafes
to enable me to ſum up the whole in the deep ſenſibility of my foul, I often-
times cannot ferbear exclaiming, and. de at this moment ſtill exclaim, ** the
Lord hath done all things-well !'* I wiſh not only to reſign mylelf to his
divin. will, but through his grace I deſire no other, though my depraved -
heart (devil like) contmually withſtands it, and would, if able, ſoon wreſt
the command and management out of God's hand and place itſelf on the
throne. O my dear Brother, how much do I more and more perceive (and
may I but acquire more ir ſig! :) tha not the ſmalleſt p>0d dwetls in me,
that I- am ee as incvitably to have been lofi, if the blood of Jeſus
had not made me clean; and I odſerve, from God's manner of a

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me, that he. Lord permits all' this to come to, paſy; in order to make me
forſake myſelf more and more, and pleafe God i chat it might
neater to Jeſus :

nes refreſhed by th ny. | u 8 |
to exclaim with the Churth, * He is altogether lovely and much to be de-

perceived that the Lord was become m
abledꝰ me to believe thas he would do this for me,
grace to give up all things into the hands of Jeſus. e

ſieck; Oh! 1 * delighted thus to Fi vn my way'r for now I clearly
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Oh! my dear Friend, I really know not what to write to you on that ſub.

ject; ſeeing that I am ſo fooliſh and blind, that oftentimes when things ap-
pear to me under favourable circumſtances, they afterwards turn out quite

the reverſe, and vice verſ#; I will, however, mention a few things rela-
tive thereto.” The Boſchemen at out 3
in number when all aſſembled (a few weeks ago they were 66); ſome of
them have made ſo conſiderable progreſs in the. art of reading, that hey
begin to ſpell the Lord's Prayer, and know matiy Dutch words beſides.
In general, the deſire to hear God's word is greater than at firſt, inſomuch
that they are continually begging us not to leave them, as they now begin
to underſtand, though they haye to learn a great deal more. - I ſhall now

mention the reaſon that makes me heſitate what to write. Far be it from

me to do or ſay any thing to the prejudice of God's work; yet ſtill I Ko
not what to ſay by Ars, I it. In Left, I ſhall leave you to form your

own opinion. It often happens when we are making our beloved Lord
eſus known to the heathen as the only mean of ſalvation, and the glorious'
ruits which ggow out of ſuch a ſtate, that one of them named Baasje, ex-
claims, * Oh l. that I might be ſo happy ! who knows whether I, perhaps,
may not be ſo happy? On being aſked wy he s it will produce fuch'
an advantage to him, he anſwere, Why thould I not, when Iam fo afraid
of the great fire? for when I put my finger in the aſhes only, I feel ſuch a
preat pain, what muſt it then not be, when my body and foul ſhall be in

urnings, and that for ever? but on the other hand, to have the Lord
Jeſus to be my friend, what a bleſſed Heaven you are there deſcribing !

who would not have a longing defire for jt ?”—Yeſterday evening he told

us, that when he was in the open field, he often bent his Enees before God,

and ſaid, Lord Jeſus, you have created the woods, the deſerts, the moun-

| tains, &c. and all mankind ; you have, therefore, alſo the power to make
my corrupted heart clean, to put fin far away from me, and to change my
heart,” Sometimes he declares to us that whereſoever he goes and ſtands,
bis thoughts are full of what we have ' taught him, and that he then prays
to God, „Give me to comprehend and recolle& what your children
teach me. It happens likewiſe, as he declares to us, that in the courſe
of the night he feels juch an uneaſineſs as makes him get up from his ſleep,

and betake himſelf to prayer; and that he cannot ſleep all night. But let

this ſuffice on this ſubject. To judge by appearances, one might ſay that
this An certainly poſſeſſes grace in his heart; I beg you, however, my
dear friend, not to rejoice too much on this account. The heart is ſo de-
ceitful it may ſometimes be done to pleaſe ys, and for the ſake of getting
2 larger piece of tobacco by that _ | er ie
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"ſhore, and pleaſe might bete
„ alas ! this laſts but a little While 3 1 go and fit down _
rather with this heavy load, as If there were no Jeſus 'who could carry it
for me. To the praiſe of divine grace, I muſt however tell you, that '-
yeſterday, being Sunday the 2 5th of November, my ba] was in ſuch a man-

y the preſente of my beloved Lord Jeſus, that I was forted

ligt and my guide; nay, de en-

Vou will, no doubt, wiſh to know how our Boſchemen are coming on.

preſent at our place are about 30 or 40

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13 995 o I: on w one would: ſometimes form. . en
1 W of the aforeſaid Daagh „ the gives us to underſtand, her
ta be 854 the ſame with that of e
is. more in,carneſt. She has never 2 4 coming to * .
tion z the has awhile ago been brought into à very rr ate, ſpe

very great venerition © of God and bis worſhip, and. beſides & Join
community in prayers three times a day, ſhe I to pb agg, —

BY.”
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8085 th 2 ore leave it entirely to the

for e F Veſterda ay being Sunday (Nov. 25, when Broth 4
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a ſolitary. walk. the mountains, he quite unex

A gloan and a lameniable voice, and on approaching found it to de 8

vo who was praying to God with much earneſtneſs. A pious Hotten -
tot young woman having come on aturday laſt to us a vilit, 3 ong

with Mr. Nicholas Vander M lerve, ſhe invited her to ſtep into her hut to
EE Jt and fipg with her, which.the did, and the had Fer — great =

ikewiſe g her | up ta the Lord. All this, as it appears.to me, ma
aus — the motive from whence. it proceeds, nevertheleſs prove b
Gato ever, knows the thoughts of the hearts
Zaptain, called Abraham, withdraws himſelf oftentimes "1a 4
Whole day, 5 the ſake of praying to the Lord for a new heart; be isa
quiet mh good man. He does not ſpeak much, but 1 ſhould never
thelef ave fe beſt opinion of him-g but the Lord knows beſt. 8
Were it not that you might grow weary. I could mention two or three
perſons more, in whom ſomething good ſeems to lie hid.” I cannot, how-
ever, forbear relating * following: A certain young wgmans by the
name of Mietje, whom from the beginning 1 hd engaged. as N
has ſome days ago ſhewn ſuch a calmneſs of mind d defire 5 be in
that I felt a fincere regard for her. Laſt week, about noon, having done
85 work, the was going to lay down to ſleep, on a ſkin ſhe had ſpread in the
cooking-room, but was rather undetermined whether to do it or not. She
however, at laſt laid her head down to fleep, but all at once ſhe cried aloud,
No, no, I will not ſleep; and the 10 fell on her knees, and began to
pray: The following day ſhe. did. the ſame, This might, however, have
done on account of a young girl-being preſent, with a dtſign that od
could tell us of it. As for the others I have nothing particular to ſay!
their fayour ; we are odiiged to make uſe of different expedients to get
to aſſemble together.
Now, my dear Friend! I truſt, having fo far ſatisfied your "requeſt « on
-- this head, at the approaching. time of the Lord's Supper I ſhall have oppor-
tunity.enough 10 communicate what further particulars may occur, Once
| more and 1 ſhall have done. I cannot help remarking, that in the evenings
when it comes to my turu to give an exhortation to theſe poor Heathen,
1 feel ſo ſtrong an impreſſion on my mind, and perceive ſuch a fulneſs aud
readineſs 1 in my divine Saviour, that my foul ometimes ſeems to ſink un-
der the weight of it: but at other times I feel quite low ſpirited g often
aſking myſelf what I had beſt fay to- night. But as ſoon as I commence
-preaching, = ſoul comes to itſelf again; the poor people are touched to
n Lk 5 Bhs entreated for the ſake of Chritt, to ſeek n with 2

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behaye faithfully. towards him, and to. have Rt:

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importance of oy acquainted with my glorified King.”
| This is da Heathen. T hope I have not made you weary wit
ſelf and -POOrF Tea 8 ope 1 nave ma | weary t
2 long del If I were diſpoſed, I-might fill many ſheetd of paper, in
yo Beer all that has occurred during theſe five months. My friendly re-

queſt is, that you will have the goodneſs to ſend a copy ef this letter to the

Society at the Cape, and likewiſe let my dear friends at Roodeſand have

the reading thereof. As. the lhortneſs of time doih not it my writing.
to them individually, they ay confider it as writren to them all, and aſſure

them that I always ſhall remember them in my prayers. Brother Kra-
mer, who, in fact, is my beloved Brother, gives his kind love to you ; he

likewiſe experiences that the way to Heaven mult-be perfevered in by war-
ring againſt fleſh and blood. I conclude with committing you to the pro-
' te&ion of the triune God, and ſubſcribe my ſeif, | N

| | Brother in Chriſt,

| Dear Brother, your

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Happy Proſpe&'s Fountain, Nov. 26, 1799. J. T. KICHERER. ;
P. 8. When I tranſmitted the above copy, I had received the firſt letters
for the reverend Miſſionaries, which letters I found after a great deal of

enquiry, for one of them only had been addreffed to me.
Iam, yout moſt unworthy fellow Brother, kf "WF

| BEDFORD UNION. bien |
The fourth general meeting was held at this place, on Wedneſday
April 9. Public worſhip commenced at the Old Meeting Houſe, at
eleven A. M. Mr. 3 of Carlton, engaged in prayer; Mr. 2
nion with Chriſt and his people, from Ephefians,
andon, concluded with

prayer... | | 2
The Minifters, and many other members of the Union, affetnbled, after

dinner, for conference, at the New Meeting Houle, a quarter before three

P. M. Mr. Sutcliff, of Olney, introduced with prayer. A report

proceedings, during the paſt year, was read by the Secretary, Mr. Hillyard,
of Bedford, It affordg the pleafing information, that the Lord had vouch-

ſafed evidences of c&tivertion in moſt parts of the country, to which the

labours of the Union had 2 and ſome very remarkable inſtances.

The exertions, deſcribed in our Magazine for = laſt, year, had been con-
tinued, and in ſeveral places were multiplied; cceſs had alſo been ob-

tained to ſome other villages, with the moſt favourable proſpect of uſefulneſa.

The Treaſurer, Mr. Fofter, of Bigg leſwade, then ſtated his report; it
appeared that ſeveral of the Congregations had renewed their collections;

and that ſome others had begun, or were preparing to collect; as well as

that moſt of the Subſcribers had repeated their annual ſupport, and others
had newly contributed.” But notwithſtanding great cxconomy in the dif.
burſements, the very numerous exertions that had heen made to promote

the knowledge of the goſpel, had been attended with an expence _

greater than the ſmall fund could fupply without additional athſtance.

no ſalary, or donation, is received by any of the members of the Union for
his labours in that connexion, it(is hoped that none, who ſeel a concern

for the ſalvation of their fellow ſinners, will be backwaid to contribute to-
ward the expences /unavoidably-incurred in fervices of {6 unportant a
tencen-y, and already bleſſed with fo happy effects. .

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The officers of the Union were-unanimouſly-re-choſen ; and ſeveral 1
ſolutions were adopted for the regulation of future 9 agreeably
do motionwarranged be mere xo ne acting conjointly for the ſeveral dif.
ttricts. One of the reſolutions related to a plan for mutual viſits, and ex.
changes of labour between Minifters, ſituated in thoſe quarters of the
_ Union which are fartheſt apart. The eminent advantages for uſefulneſs,
obtained hy un ted exertion among evangelical Miniſters of all denomi-
nations, had been fully demonſtrated by experience. The work of nine or
tdtteen itinerant preachers had been performed, at an expence hardly exceed.
Ang what would have been needful to maintain a fingle itinerant.” Im-

Portant objects have alſo been accompliſhed, which have not reſulted
from any itinerancy, nor from any affociation leſs eemprehenfive” in its
principle. By the reſolution abovementioned, it is hoped, that to theſe
advantages, others, ariſing from a well-ordered itinerancy, will be added.
The Conference was Abet with exhortation and prayer, by the Pref.
fident, Mr. Bull, ſen. of Newport Pagnel. [Returning to the ſame place
| „ warſhip, at a quarter paſt. fix, P. M. Mr. Gardner, of —
bridge, engaged in prayer; Mr. Halt, of Cambridge, delivered a diſcourſe
on the ſpiritual efficacy of the Goſpel, from Heb. iv. 12; and Mr. Burkitt
| (who, to the regret. of his neighbouring brethren, is about to remove from
rh — Congregation ſtatedly worſhipping at the New Meeting Houſe), cloſed |
This annual aſſembly of the Union of Chriftians, which was equally
numerous and cordial, as thoſe preceding, was rendered peculiarly intereſt.
ing by the evidence it afforded, not only of the fields being white unto
Þpiritual harveſt, but of fruit being gathered unto everlaſting life, ©

58h * ASSOCIATIONS. |

©. , STAFFORDSHIRE INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION.

_ AT a Meeting of Miniſters held at Stafford, March 5, 1890, it s
determined to print and circulate the following extracts from their mi-
nutes; - | EY F |

It appearing to this meeting by a report now made, that the whole plan
of the 8 Seminary, ——.4 be at preſent carried into execution;
approving the deſign of our brethren in propoſing hat inſtitution, we la-
ment that they have not obtained the co-operation :apcefſary to accompl
their intention, Confident, however, of the utility of the plan, we
entered into the following reſolutions, to keep the objeR in view until a
period more favourable to its full accompliſhment arrives.

- _ Reſolved, That we recommend to thoſe of our brethren who are warmly
' affected to this cauſe, to obtain one or two Students in each county, to
be edocmed on the plan originally propoſed, if ſupport. can be found for
"them. And that ſuch perſons as are candidates for admiſſion as ſtudents,
be previouſiy examined by the County Aſſociation of Miniſters, and af.
terwards act under their direction, in the ſame manner as preſeribed for
the direction of the Itinerant Seminary by a Committee. FEE
| Reſolved, That the Members of the Staffordſhire Aſſociation will en-

dieavour to engage the liherality of theit friends, for the augmentation of
the county fund, that they may be able to give effectual aid towards the ſup-

port of the Student or Students admitted in this county.

Reiolved, That the expence incurred in this county, by the attempt to
eſtabliſh the Itinerant Seminary, ſhall be defrayed by the fund of this afſo-

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| Reſolved; That dhe Sectetary be deßired te communicate theſe RelWWu- |
tions to the County Aſſoeiations _ | pane Warwiekſhire, and

others that ate known to be inter in this tranſactiun. a
Any pecuniary aſſiſtaner to the Staffordſhire Aſſoeistion, for the purpole +

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| WORCESTER AND- HEREFORD ASSOCIATION. - ;

above ſpecified,” will be thankfully received by the Treaſurer, R. Little,

According to appointmeat, the quarterly meeting of the united Kran- |
gelical Miniſters, belonging to the counties of Worceſter and Hereford, -
was held at the New Meeting Houſe in Perſhore, March the 5th. Mr.

Collins, of Hereford, introduced the ſervices with prayer and reading the

Scriptures; Mr. Bradley, of Worceſter, offered up the general prayer; Mr.
© . Kilpin, of Leominſter, preached, on 2 John v: 8. ** Look to yourſelves -
that we loſe not the things which we have wraught,” &c. Mr. Man, of

' Merton-in-Marſh, preached from Job xvik. 9, & The ri hteous.ſhall B

in his vay; &c. ſhewing that the holy vigilance of behevers is the fruit

of divine love, which alſo enſures their perſeverance. The meeting was

well attended by fifteen or ſixteen miniſters of different denominations, and
one of the eſtabliſhment z together with many ſeridus friends from different

plſces, ©. „3 3 |
x In the evening, Mr. Smith, of Blockley, preached from 1 Cor. ix. 26,

| 44% 80 fight I, not as one that heateth the air.“ The next meeting is fixed,

by ſpecial defire, to be held at Leominſter, on Wedneſday, the 7ih of May
next, when Mr. Belſher, of Worceſter, and Mr. Smith, of Perſhore, are
expected to preach, ; V „
TROWBRI DGE ANNIVERSARY. -

1 on Tueſday, April r5th, (being Eaſter Tueſday) according to annual

cuſtom, the Miniſters of the County of Wilts, and the adjacent country,

aſſembled at Trowbridge, ts commemorate the building or enlargement
UM . . e y ey nn.
Mr. Clarke, the paſtor of the church, begun the ſervices of the day,

with ſinging, reading the ſcriptures, an prayer; Mr. M*Cau], of St.
Ives, Cornwall, preached ; Mr. Morren, of Yeovil, concluded with prayer.
In the afternoon, Mr. Vardy, (late a Miſſionary on board the Duff,

prayed ; Mr. Prieſtley, (late of Deal), preached; Mr. Ralph, of Durſley,

vizes on Wedneſc
.verſary). . Mr. Clift, (late of F . introduced the ſervice with reading

from before the preſence-of the Lord.“

concluded with prayer.

In the evening, Mr. Lowell, of Briſtol, prayed ; Mr. Hey, of Briſtol, X
reached; Mr. Clarke concluded: with prayer. The hymns were read by

3

Mr. Clarke. Mr. Hey preached on the preceding evening.

WI rSsHIRE ASSOCIATION. _
The half. yearly meeting of the Wiltſhire Miniſters, was held at De-
day, April 16th, (the day after. the Trowbridge Anni

the ſcriptures and prayer; Mr. Mantle, of Weſtbury, prayed ; Mr. Ball,
of Weſtbury, preached, by agreement, on the ſubject of hope; Mr.

Ralph, of Duiſley, concluded with prayer; and Mr. Sloper, (paſtor of | ;

the church) read the hymns. E | . e

After ſervice the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper was adminiſtered;
Mr. Hey, Mr. Morren, Mr. Jackſon, and Mr. Lowell, addreſſed the
congregation, and engaged in prayer, &c.; it was a . time of refreſhing

During

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eee . Mr. - Pri, late of f Del, 2 with prayer ʒ .
| t preached z Mr. Sloper ymouth, conc! an er.
Sloper, of Devizes, read the hymbs. * 9 888

Mr. Mona, of Yeorll, preached the evening preceding, |

OR * 21 — — 1
3 _ CHAPELS OPENED. | 5 5 a
. 67 hey; "orb the Dog 1 it EY hgh

at Bruton, in the County of — Sabbath evening, March the «6th;
Tui place was built ſome foo age, by a Preacher in conpexion with Mr.
en but had been fo little attended, that the proprietor was about
3H ing it into tenements, when it was taken for an independent Meet- |
ir. Me Paul, of Caſtle-Carey, opened the place, by an appropriate
aul on in. Ixv. 9, and Se poor ace was c Sed With heaters.

|

CHAPMANSLADE ( CHAPEL.
| on Tuecdey, A April 15th, a new c hapel was opened at Chapmanide
uñðn the county of . ; 11 was lately erected by the Brethren of the
- viſt Denomination. Mr. Hyatt, of Mere, .preacha in ani

' Tu; of Bath, * the afternoon. | oo

1 de de 428 7 CADENY. the ee

the year 1796, a ſmall place of worſhi oinin

opened by the Rev. Mr. Ja 180 Bath, — to ng the fm by one gr
Totors and the ſenior ſrudents, ſinee which it has been found fre-

_ quently too ſmall to contain thoſe who wiſhed to bear; and as the Lond

has ſmiled upon the. inſtitution, it appeared deſirable that its ſalutary in-

Boence ſhould more generally be experienced in that increaſing neiglihour-

hood ; accordin ** a lo nos * leafe having: been obtained, the aboye. chapel

Has beep taken own, and a larger and more commodious place of worſhip

1 g 75 erefted, which was opened on Thurſday afternoon, the 24th of April, by
, - the Rey. Mr. Slatterie, bf Chatham. Text, Plate cͥi. 0

' ORDIN ATI ON,

Bo: Mr. Barratt was &t apart to the paſtoral office, « on. | Wedneſday
5th March, at Hilleot,* in the neighbourhood of Devizes.— The Rev. Mr.
Clift delivered the introductory difcourſe, propoſed the uſual queſtions,
and received the confeſſion of faith.— Mr. Sloper, of Devizes, gave the
charge, from 2 Tim. ii. »5,—Mr. Mantle, of Weſtbury, offered up the
ordination» prayer, and preached to the people, from Mark x. 52.—Mr.

= Wo. Prieſtley gave out the hymns, and concluded with prayer; and

preached in the evening at Allington, from Pſalm xviii. 30. Both places

. | were thronged with attentive: hearers, who found the Various n

the day accompanied with a peculiar bleſfing.
W Ceo the Evangelical Magazine, for 1798, page 5 as

POETRY.

. xvii. We

ESUS, 0 ſupport my foul,
Mighty enemies oppoſe 3
Satan 0 ves to make me fall,
But within's the wart of foes ?
Let me thy ſalvation ſee,

F « The Heart is Aue above al ue

Saviour, Friend, deliver me,
From a vile deceitful heart.

Sin, aud non t but fin, I fee,
Sin in every thought and *

'Tiz alone, O Lord, from hee,
Help and ſuccour I expect:

Do not thow my hopes nd)

Strength aud ev*ry grace impart; |

Friend of ſinnexs, me telie ve,
From a, vile deceitful heart.

Bux I hope.to reach the place,
Where corruption is no more;
Soon I truſt, rough fo fov* ;reign go grace)
Safe to l
There with Chriſt, all — 44
In his glory ſhare a part;
Then ſhall I, indeed, be free,
From a wie, deceitful heart.
| 8 S, D. Reg. |
Eling Barracks. ,
I hy art e divnty: o S,
WHY does m Heart indulge her grief,
To flow like rivers froni my eyes ?
Heay'n will appear to my relief,
And bleſs my. ſoul with all ſupplies.
Though i in deſertions deep I lie,
Unable to behold his face,

Yet he regards my mournful ery, |
And ſoon will cheer me with his grace.

Though all the powers of hell combine
To hurl me down to black deſpair ;
I truſt his promiſes divine,

And hope my Lord will ſoon appear:

Come, my Redeemer, and uiſpel

Each gloomy ſcene, each envious cloud; ,

Then will my tongue with rapture tell,
The love and goodneſs of my God.

When once I hear thy heay*nly voice
My pardon and my peace proclaimy
My ſpirit, full of ſacred joys, 3

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weren, „ 4

And -I ho morę am drown'd in wem

L My Lord on wings of ardour flies,

And calms, my de and quelis my

fears 1

| They hr. my ; foul wat thaw cat down?

If Jeſus ſmile, let creature's fromas. -

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Bid my curſed fins depart, | I have enough, my God. is mine,

tarts love and power are all divine.
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the above queſtion, as they were pic
taking a rural walk. |

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Dull nether clime- for each inferior kind.
On eyery ſide ſame hungry neighbour's
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Diſputing ſtrenuous every inch of N
Nor can they ſpread their arms wit

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Flbow'd and joſtled in the middle pst
Yet, circumſcrib'd in all the parts below
Each upright ſhoot unbounded heights -

Win . and magnify thy name.

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22 Jeſus found alone 0 11

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Almighty Paw'r divine!

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Can ſuck an heart refine.

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Before thy feet 1/1] wait, |

That I, by thy unc hanging grace,
All changing ſcenes may hate.

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Naar better hearts beſtow !_ .
may the God, who gave out: lives.
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To know and love his: Son

Teach vs thy way, while here we 175
To read thy heavnfy Word

Bleſs all the Kind inftro@ions U,
And make us thine, O Lord. _

Praiſe to our God and thanks to thoſe”
Who thus the poor befriend, _..

While the rich benefit we rep, Pe *
On chem khy blelſing ſend.

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1 your 'pivus-defire in relayon”: os the Miniſter of the
| Church's England referred to in the te pf Col. Gardner.
Thad the account em Dr. Doddtidge, i
in my reſent ſhattered tuation of body and
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lowing pz 8 IL do demsüder Mar. Whonfon: for
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the time above mentioned; > Theiiletter was was fead in the
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remember not to have beat ee any former
beſides the ſuperior” ability-of/the>writer"{of- whom Mr.
Hervey ſaid, Mr, Themen tas the/mioft brilliant file of
any man I know) all his ' fout Was deeply affected with the
particulars he then wrote. Me. Hill; the Miniſter's fon, and
Mr. Thomſoh's ſpiritual child, being then delirious and
under dreadiuee ytations, ſo that at times he uttered blaſ-

This gentlemen was alive (though he had loſt. his fs Fit the year
1780. See a letter written by him to Dr. WATTs, in Dr. Gibbons's
Memoirs of the latter, p. 432 And we ſhould be much obliged to any

mind, Cannot

Correſpondent, h could furniſh . 8 particulars relative to this g

excellent man.

+. Speaking of the. Colonel's convertign. as an inſtance not altogether
ſingular, Dr. B. ſays (p. 40 „ There is at leaſt a ſecond, when-

ever the eſtabliſhed Church of En land ſhall loſe one of its brighteſt living
ih ful members, which 8970 perhaps any

ornaments, and one of the moſt uſe
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told them the above — deſired t
miniſter for the pariſh during the month, and to attend him

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his ſoul before God,

Dr. was dee affect with the letter. When we were 5 1

alone, E aſked If the writer was not the yerſon referred 525
the life of Col. Gardner, aM on his anſwering in the |

1 5 mative, I begged the favour of the particulass of his re-

markable converſion. Ihe Doctor condeſcended to grant

| 1 and informed me, that Mr. T. was not only a

rate 8 and poſſeſſed” of an eſtate as a gentleman

of 5001. an alas, was at the ſame time left for
ſſeveral Yeah

ho done before his eonverſion, an feb was g greatly careſſed
5 by wing neighbouring milliflers and othets, © nt the Niddle ef |

bis ordination, to ive juſt as Col. Gardner

Bis rome Hem While one night faſt aſſeep in bed, he

had the following dream. Thi modth, at ſix in the
afternoon, you muſt appear Wfore- the judgment eat of
Chriſt, to give an account of the dreadful abuſe of all your

talents, and dy rb done the ſouls: committed to your
alarmed. that he awoke in amaze-

quickly thought thiis: „Glad Jam it was no. 1 than a

will or
again: and fo he did; yet fer. from compoſure of mi
ated with ns 3h, prompted

after various

gs: and agitation of mind, He once 'more fell aſleep.)

The fame dream is again repeated with fill more terrible cis- |

cumftances. He awoke-now thoroughly, and his conſcience

was alſo awakened, ſo that he no more doubted of dying at
the hour ſet, than a ndemned criminal of the day "ſet by

the judge for his execution. He was filled wich par

called for his relations and the principal me ni Dat his pariſh,
hein to provide a

on the fatal day of his death. He then ſhut himſelf up from
company; for two weeks was in the depth of detpgir; being
: perſuaded that it was not conſiſtent with the honour of. God,

as ſupreme Governor, to pardon ſo great an offender, who

had brought ſo great and public diſhonour to his holy name.
But (O aſtoniſhing ſovereignty and efficacy of grace!) at
this extremity the Lord the Spirit ſeaſonably brought Rom
Ki. 26. to his heart, from _—_ becky: with the n on

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clearly ſamsi that God euld/ be gloriffed in bis ſaluatiom ==

_ through the ptopitiation of Ohriſt's molt precious blood:

and Was enabled tu aim at refting the whole of his ſalvation
bn that ſecurity, Theextremity of horror on this was re»
moved. an he Had hope gf eternal ſalvation, but no-4exy '

day came, his friends returned, the clock went ſix in the

friends congratulated him, and now probably he found tihbbe
myſtery | of the divine warning explained.“ On thishis
Soul is filled with a burning zeal for the hanour of God,
and with ldwe tb/precious; ſouls: { He returns to the pulpit,
preaches experimentally mats fall, fin, and miſery; tlie
necefity of regeneration; the ——— of Ohriſt's righte-

ouſneſs ; the neceſſity of holineſs as the evidence of accept-

_ ance before a huly God, and the ahſolute need of the
energy of the Holy Spirit, to begin and carry on a ſavi
change in heart and lig The hang. of the Lord remark- 1
ably fealed the above d * in the converſion of num *
bers in his pariſn. In Mardk, 1748, all the eee =

- miniſters ſhut their pulpit doorsagainſ{t him; there was one o

them, Mr, Hill, formerly Mr. Thomſon's befom friend, from
whom he expected a very different conduſꝶ but was diſap- is
pointed; My. Hill ferved him in the fame manner as tibbe
reſt. This went to his heart; but finding God ſo remark- 1
ably. with him, he was enabled to bear it in a Chriſtian
manner... Part gf Mr. Thomſon's eſtate being in Mr. Hill's
pariſh, occaſi his taking a journey thither; and when

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55 the ſpot, he thought thus within, bimſelf; “ My old
iend Mr. Hill has not been kind; but when I conſider
what my God, in Chriſt, has forgiven me ſince I was laſt in
his pariſh, ought not I to forgive all his injuries to me? 1 WM
will try to imitate my great forgiver. Iwill go and viſit Mr.

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Hill.” The heavenly men accordingly. went to Mr. Hill's
houſe, the very firſt fight of him quite overcame all Mr.
parent he ran to meet -himggembraced; him, and
aid, O my dear brother Ihomſoſ your kindgeſs has
dvercome me; will you preach for me next Lord's day!?“
* With all my heart, brother Hill,” replied Mr. T. 5 OH
firſt oppoftunity, bit cannot next Lord's day, becauſe I hav:
made no — * r my own people.“ Mr. Hill then urged
the granting his requeſt, and Mr T. ſtill excuſed himſelf

Jer. xviii, 7, 8.“ At what inſtant I all ſpeak concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to deſtroy
it; if that nation, againſt whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, T
will repent of the evil that I chonght to do unto them.

for

ans <a wee h 0 eue eee rene,
Segen, given Aſter t.

_ ef: afftition an him (Mr. Hi liſubled him from

going pulpit: Hey therefore;: wroti

= fer 2 ſpecial meſſenger to deliver the letter. This meſſenger

= _ quickly -overtook* Mr. Vion the road, and befp wd was 3

= + peeatobſerrer-of:Privit

led for the pie eee dee te infotm his

_ maſter, that he would go home a ovide WARP for his

E own pauriſn, and by * will a. Cod,

My 2 next ſabbath. Mr.

= 4 *___ fined, and could not attend public worſhip; but his ſon,

4 . .. them a- youth, WhO had entered Oxford as a ſtudent, but

\ Y Ih \ _ being e was at his fathet's ànd heard Mr. T.

== each,

4 EF £ I. had pronounced. the bleſſing in the afternoom y

| t, Hill Kood up, and beggedghp abdience 10. f.
fow _ utes; and tlren exp umſelfito the following

Know then, the dear man that fits in the p. it, has

not only ſaid, hat proved, that nothing done b ouglit

Ingbe Gf uh race of Adam, cat be the g round F their: ac
tance Before a holy God; that Chriſt's blo is the only

' propitiation; his obedience, and ſatisfaQion, the only groubd
L now. eehthe |

of acceptance: this doctrine I:now belie
Tis wer of working love and obedience to in Chriſt, =
_ Ldefired you to ſtop that I might recommend the doctri
TY Gal of: vou Who s have Ward it'—ang' then ſat d
alk in tears, He was ſwall zwed up "with ae ſenlchof intereſt] in
© redeeming love, for ſome* onfiderable time; But Satan was
2 E at laſt to aſſault him in the manner ſuggeſted i in the
ter above mentioned. How long it was thus, I Kno not;
= but v very remarkable > is, that Dr. D. in his anfwer to Mr.
T. which he--reagyto me, foretold his Morationgs un
hae acquainte e with his thorough recovery,
(ad in 1750, proſecuting his ſtudies at Oxſo
„ e himſelf, ſome time after, infor we =
was ordained to the miniſtry, an 123 th 4 Boa-
nerges for qwakening ſinners, and a
Both Mr. Thomſon a r. Hill are 8 as Far as I now,
but Mr., of Exetei in their fieighbourhood, is the moſt
likely miniſter I know, to giyg certain information in this:

matter. Some of the letters that I was honoured with from
_ Mr. T. are among my Oe at * and the 5807

they parted/- But — — had . K
Mt. T. in Mr. Hill's pulpit nent ſahhath, ſeut ſuch a ſtroke

a fennlines and |
„ Hinding that Vril Aus dif.

return and ſupply hies
T. did return. Mr. Hill was con- —

jally reached that day, that —4
or 2 ü

oſe. Vo may well Wonder at my deſiring you'to |
"hn E myſe f have reaſon to wonder at che reaſon of it.

8 to ſaints.

F aolar au ,"

on THE; — SuBav$6ok or ut a1srERs. 22 ' Wi
i them 12 ne, when Itemember that Lam 5 what. - . -1 af
that) gag . man ſuppoſed me to be, and what! i
5 ined my 7 to he. It was hy the importunity of good - Wl
By: that I ventured to write io him, and his very firſt oO
anſwer is greativiſcovery- of the Arellent temper ane
1 ſpirit of the favoured man. If the above relation be 4»
ptable to my friend, and f any ſervice to fome '
foul, Ae have reaſon to, ul to the God of ,, WM
all grace; cannot offer. up the tribute F praiſe to _—
God by. Jeſus Chriſt, unleſs I am fayodred with the gvod —_—
Spirit of Chriſt. * Pray that this may be my unſpeakable 0 ll
| privilege. —Have on purpoſe written the above on this ſ& - o 3
apate ſheet, reſerving my anſwer to the particulars. in
Four excellent letter, to the cover. ay your Samuel be 4 *

00g Mr. Hill, and the Lord be very gracious to 1 5
Pars E ang ſinful. obliged Ent, * 1. b. Ed *
ou OF HINISTERS, mM
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J grieve their fins in un evan ee manner, vou ought - 2
I.) ee, efore them the loweſt marks of true grace, as

— in ſcripture, viz. ſenſe of the plague of theirown
g n love to {ſpiritual things; to the people, word, and
"mas of ;+ hatred of fin ;tdefire'of grace, fei-
10 ip with, add likeneſs to, God delight in God's law.
the 3 ce of it; and an a iding grief on acco t
of non- confor y to it. T (2.) Shew they the manne
which ſin dw A. in believers on e not as à ruling lord
or beloved maſter, but as, a heavy en, as a deteſted *
plague, * renounced by their heats Ft a hated enemy con-
ſtantly and carefully reſiſted in, and by, all the powers of 4

| 1 ai whole occaſional preyglence is man
| boote render itſelf more and more Mes and el
® r Kings, viii. 38. IC, th. 6.-Rom. vir. —9 £4.—Math. v.

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446 on run eee vendvsevR e or 1
of the ſaint more humble, more watehgzl againſt it, idee
eatneſt in e exerciſes, eſpecially in fleeingyito Chriſt
fſtom it, and more ſympathiſing towards others.“ (3.) En-
courage them to cheriſh the moſt aſſured hopes of ſalyation;
” . hiating to them thay ſpiritual Nate. is ou to to bg judged of |
1 _ by that which i ntial toit; that the interruptions of
; The, exeiciſe. of grace are oſt. obſervable 'in Wenk be-
Hevers;+, that 0 1 2 real aſſurance df, ith phere
4 the ere is litfle or no ſenſib Ae rance;t that Go loves while
he jbides and n that fins of infirmity do not alter
dhe ſtate of juſtified prices: | that the Kit of temptation
ot a pro eaſon fo jud ing. of our ſtate or caſe; that
for holy and wiſe nt" io icts thoſe whom he eminent]
* with temptati 170 and deſegtions; that an unfitneſs 510
biolpy duties, which is our burden, doth not, in the main,
hinder the perfogpance of them; that Chriſtians would
1 K recouſe to Wor and blood of Jeſus, for Ny goa
me obſtinate ſcruples of conſ ance; that God 965 —
: culiar. care of Weak woj F believers ; that God *
N proves men conduct if the prove what. talents he hab
given to them; that the fincerity of religious affections,
by "of not ty Rgeftimated by the vehemence of them; that
3 aint may beÞuly growing in grace, while he apprehends

oh 3 * nd, or even degaying; that in N as we,
pted

d, it is not our ſin but our affliẽt — 54
EL are very "different degrees in evangelical * for
þ 415 In dealing with perſons wounded in ſpirit, grea
1 10 0 be taken to prevent their, falling into nal eo ara;
= 1 neg ecting a daily renovation of repentancy ik . pro»

0 + , Mhe conſolations of ar eſented to them, in
e d N hadowy appearang e _— ractical |
N , or returning. to fihs from which ther. had eſcaped.

3 , though the 13 & ſhould many years delay his comfort-
go g influences,” ought not to faint, nor give up dealing

*. withs them. W ile he waits to be rn, it Is neceſſary

„ you UE: he come. |

ks IE; calin Japſed. erſons: If 1. } Tever refers 9

© . duc till til you have #uly enquized into the certainty.
aft. ** (2.) Always manifeſt theitmoſ rig neſs, 8

0 diligence, as in a matter of great n (3: JM a-

Roch. vii. 28. + «18a. 13. f Eph. i. Nx II. l. x ff,
ii, #4 Rom. u. K. and Wii. 14, * Cor. xii. 9, 10.— Vih
13. 0 Job xxxV. 14.—Iſ. xxx. 18. % Deut. xiii. 14.—If. xi, 3, 4.
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feſt the rlove and compaſſion to the lapſed whi
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rage. what ſhame af their-deeds" they - |
on your lenity or ſharpneſs to their offence |
3 af it, d And to the frame of their mind
— — the offence. rto een their deexg
reſenting to the: heino nature and

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aggravations o

ſenling the ſeriptural grounds of their hope f pardon.
order to manifeſt the purity of the chureh, deter others
fin, and make . _— cautious afterwards,” From. * 5
ought, in due time, to be 122 proper: confeſſion * ST
2 fin, and profeſſion of —— rt, Rai to the
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3 they m aꝝ have injured by 2 fter proper
— ion of their ance, the | they ought, with prone,
y and — received backgo. fellowſhip

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fallen into erroneous opinions: the nature ꝙ the error, by
what mans; and how far they have fallerMnto it, whether "=
they he pr os of it, and whether it i ely to ſpread
hings muſt bs carefull) conſiderei tn Great
care muſt be 3 duly to inform the lapſed, agd ſet their
e in its true light before them, and i in as few words "MM
T ho Te, ns eonfuting it ought all to be
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error, or againſt 2 9 owe ought

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v. 20, Leb. vi. 4» 5. ++ John ri 17. 11 . .
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Ak love which ſprung up 70 . . towards you
-&--; when we firſt met at Ludbury; has not waxed
No ſooner, herefobe, did I hear of your-providentiaF
val to Hother and larger floch than my heart ro
aged in prayer ; an zul wn on purpoſe tg ſend
you ſome nt of ve thi which I aſk of my God in
a behalf. In the firſt pl lace I beg of him to enable you |
to preach. Jeſus hriſt, in bo glory'o his perſon, in —
of his. "and. in the length, breadth, hei
. of his le: to preach him as a *
ty Sayiour of the. fnful ſons of men: 1
k wh . og clearneſs ;, : and to this end, I pray that —
may have more previous diſcoveries of oo own falvation
in him, that you may ſpeak as the , from a ch
experience of the reality of the ble —— hf believing 1
Jeſus. —Seeondly, I beg of God, that in t diſcharge Þ
1 r.affice, 4 may exe yourſelf; not to injure your va-
le health; but as far as your ſtrength will hold, to ga
on, imitating the grqgt Shepherd himſelf, who, from his in-
J ceſſant labours, was taken for fifty, when little more than
thirty x his very countenance was aged. 3 |
that) you may be filled with bowels of merejgs; chat ndt on
the counſels you g and the conſolations Fou adminiſter
the falgþ fol ; but Ven all your e nd of of truth ta
FOMme, may breathe a nes: 2 uls A ES It
urthly, I pray that you may be boldeag a lion to ænc —

ch. and to bear allgevilings, yea and be willing to be
aumoniibr upto many feF his ſeke, ho | OI ab- |
horred. ifthly, I pray that you may ſerve God with al} a
- humility, and many teags, feeling the plague of your own
heat, and e to be the clitcf of ſinners 2 then the
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reſts Upon us, and our fellow-inners- are
m 5. I pray „
you may meet with, all the oppoſition from your own <
people, — perverſe things, and all the various trials
you are tq; meet with in your new ſtation, . may be more than
counter- Balanced, by finding the word of 3 Lord in ——
mo * to convince ind to convert; by ſeeing ſeas
adde — miniſtry, a e ſouls your epi ie of - BM
co known an f Ar men. inally. 4 „
prayer to God wy. or you, and for myſelf is, that ourdeath may 3
q — our miniſtry ; that we may with our lateſt breath fo.
of Chriſt, that we may add freſh E to evo -
—_ we have onee made to our peoplenin defence of
eg Theſe petitions I have, and truſt I ſhall often, — -
up for my dear friend. Having almoſt loſt my voice, a |
gere g from the rank of a ſtandard bearer in the Sr
Iſrael to that of a private ſoldier, habe abuggtantly more.
22 to pray for my dear W with whorg 1 8 1
fellow - labourer kingdoꝶ and patience of Je
; and though his all Ae appojntmenriſas fixed us in

a den diſtant parts of the vineyard. chat probably we thall

ſeldom meet 1 It is in this caſe no ſq gratification to
chriſtian love, that our meetiag never 0 rt cannot be far
a, we un appear among the braudMplucked hut of the. - 9
# fre; bottibe numbered amongſt thoſe wha habg turned in-
ners from the error of their ways, and been witneſſes for a =
crucified God in a day of rebuke and blaſphemy ; that meet-. :
ing I reckon h upon; I want to have it vaſtly more
2 to mj mind; I want to ſhout for joy, uttering the
eathen celebrated ſaying with the faith of 8
by *O! oe ary illam diem.” | ml So 7 ww
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ORIGINAL LETTER OF THE LATE REV. B. Ka A
ow . No. III. Va 19, 1760. AY
8 << hen) you lent Siſter "BY Mr. Thomas's. ml
diary,* ſhe promiſeg. not to let it go from her, and Me ſcru- ml
pylo ul My lled her pgomiſe, fo that I could not get *
Since that Lborrowed it of Mr. S. and read
great delphi the
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d amazemggt, that a perſon abe
age of twelv * S gen, ſhould Ve able to write =
\proſrier. 1 affected witli his dying words, © Wl

ve been much
A young "miniſter vo died Pe: ſhake. This diar was publiſhed -
2 a Po RT Ea
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peace within, that peace that paſſeth all —
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ſhall be peact, and the effect of righteou quietnels and
—— for ren That we might oſten meet at the throne
re in this world, tremembering euch other there, and.
„ "in ly meet before the throng: of glory: es ia dhe eee
| » defares and, I would hope, fervent prayer of
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Have frequently been led to 1 on * exalted

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told after bim=—and they: ſhall keep the way of the Lord,

for family worthip; thither we ſhall take our E and

fervants; and while we are ſhowing the
—_ of grace, we ſhall wreſtle hard with'th

If one from any of
ing in the grotſeft
Kae had come to reſide in Abraham's family,
very ſoon, have h the difference; he c id ofthe,
vw Kathe A in his, houſe one day, before be heard the,
God of eaven, re he ſaw him worthipped, and was?
catted "Fon to join in that devotion means wquld have

made uſe of to convince him th he alfo-wa 8
the true God, and of the

1 {ks 3 aſtray fro the
ceſſit ng a coveni with him 70 fag ce. 3
* 1 ting upon t this we Tee the dat of ry bbliev in

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Jeſus, wh is a maſter of a family; whilevat the ES
ve arę led to lament and on ws 28 pe

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peace. T Hard TRY

\ character wen taßsbrahag mſelf. . |
- know him t will cotfimait NN chAdre and- his sf

'N Ex > 4 s of Faihilies we ſhall be anxious to follow the example,
1 and fulfit the precept: we ſhall erect an altar to our GG

eccies for the welkar: of their precious and immortuf
Me ag 3 * 5

e ſurpvnding tears, which were

orance, and periſhing for lack of
he

i to do juſtice. 1 In Abraham's practice we
Ser Gi e 1 ne , and if pur hearts are right with
God," and are under the — of his holy Sprit, as maſ-

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taſted t

from their habitation equally ignorant =_—
vation, as when he came. Though they loved him, though $ 1
* they knew the, awful ſituation he was in, and knew tha *
was infenfible of it; yea, though wok ſaw.the ſword of God's

been crow nigh wit

"T have" 3 this, . hequiiniet with
Cn milies where both huſband and wife have (I
at the Lord is gracious, and are both walking the
way to Sion with their faces thitherward; "they are bleſſed

| with children, and with ſervants, and yet have no altdr

in their houſe to the God of Iſrael for family worſhip!

A i@what Page have hitherto. lived” in the Zee Of,

and have courage to hy wits If a relatioh” or a
acquaint . ho is a ſtrang al religic, viſits their
family for à fem days, they Shy not ſufficient reſolution
even to converſe ſerious ſubjects be Seri goes
the Wa

judgment coming to. cut him 'dowg, yet they. warned him
not of his danger, but leſt him to 100 in his. iniWity. Theſe
are awful reflections, efggcially when we conſider the differ.
line of conduct th rh to Mee beep ptirfued; and
how frequently God has Med the y emMple of thoſe
families that call upon his name, when by their "ied cs and
ſerious converſation they have endeavoutq; to ſhow the path
of life to friends or ſtrangers. Often Have their e1 Rn

h ſueceſs, ind been the means of convert-

ing ſouls to God.
curred ſome years back in my own father's family, and

as it tends to illuſtrate theſe obſervations, I ſhall briefly a
Ges it; reihe that through the extenfive circulation of
5

e Eyangel = Magazine, it may be the happy means of
ncouraging ſdme to purſue 2 r 2100 to ö
hard with God for the ſame bling to atten

My father, who is-now a deacon > an independent con-
gregation in a populous towi in the untry, Was brought u
— — farming line; and though the place i in which he lives

yered -the- pariſlies

around
weng as ignorant of the way of ſalvation as che inhabit
af any of the ifſand# of the pacific ocean: but e
God, that the / many ha conſequen i Aj
from the eſta mentof che Mifonary 8

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* 1 been formed in that county to ſend th ele to! o® > |

es: but to return:
an one Wy a family ang two of a city, and
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A remarkable inſtance of this v |

ly ſituated about ſeven miles from a town where the
offi was faighfully, preached, yet the glad tidings had
never reached their ears; darkneſs ' |
em, and groſs darkneſs the people ; fo that #

KA.

22 ng to come and ſettle in he town juſt. ally ed t0%
went one evening to the meeting hou ee to pad
day an idle pour, and God ſent the word howe to his heart.
ie now became ſenſible of the awful fate. he was in by
mature; he had no ſooner diſcgyered' the. way of ſalvation,
dd nd the ente, of great price, than he went wih the
3 3 to his fer Nee but it ſeemed to them
Fa n tale. years after he was ried; and
[\ Fett in this. town, one of his fiſters (who-was about 24
| | years of age) came to ſee him, and ſtopped at his houſe, I -
E. | boli about a Week; though the was an utter ſtranger to

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KA] religion, it did not-occafion him to deviate from his general
conduct; family prayer was (as uſual) attended to, and if 4
* Chriſtian friend called in, eee religion was often
the topic of their con ration, and this frequently" in her
pPreſence. the = inted the went home to her
YE nh 8 Wh without any fi 9 op ovine wake ita the .
_ _ Imipreffion-upon. her 0 rs a e
was taken d a W. and —— was its pro- :
greſs upon her n that in a few days alt hopes of

. ome agg up. Inthis ſtate, in the near a proach, |
ſhe ea My: — father to be for.
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ed patents and relations, that ſtbod phy her
*% fide, ſhe repeatedly addreſſed herſelf, and acquainted
of the aw ful ſtate they were living in: for though. they — ,
amiable as to their moral characters, yet they were grofsly
ignorant uf the way of ſalvation. They - Wpcomfort her,
told her ſhe had been a good and dutifal, chi mentio
the reſpect ſhe was held in hy all the paril enumerated®
her many g qualificatiWfs ; and from all theſe things
they thought. ade as certain of going to heaven, as any
8 8 on èarth: bu Wis ſhe knew. to be only a refuge of
ough it was - allape comfort they could yield her in a
hour, She told them they were asgnorant 1 75
3 "tw as they were awfully:deluded in their ogn ; tha
but her brother, whodþas ſent for, underſtood ber ſituation;
. he knew the way of ſalvation, and coulq; point out. he, path

e, whilſt they, though they bs Ag not, wing *
$2008 to deſtruction. My fa came therejn t =

ſame n, which ut * or haurs,
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., to nal wal knowing the awful el din gels of the Ny 2
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mily: but what nk his e when he ar
what} Jo and conſolation filled his "oy when began to
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long been be egun a and catried on, and that he had been the

biefted means of it, though he had not known it. With

| 2 of 1 joy and gratitude be told im the commencement
| hich was, when ſhe. 225 js hauſe. twa y her
814 that ver of es were. in ſo ; bf ben
ing bim when 1 ayer with
larly in hearing ſome religious con; aden Aa my
father and a chriſtian friend who called in. She here related

to him a great part of it, all of which he had then wholly |
forgotten. She told him the effect it had upon her mind

when ſhe returned home; that though ſhe had no one to

open her heart to, yet ſhe was enabled to meditate upon it;

that it led her to wand, her Bible, and to pray over it; and to
his great ſatisfaction, deſcribed, from that 0 e the
work ing of the Spirit of God upon her own. {i She told
him ſheghad often 1 tg come
was deterred from it by of theMnall-p
been continually in the town. Aft er ſome .
| ſation, in which the exp eſſe | berſelf with great thankful»

which had

neſs to him, and Dieling F hat the had ever been to his

houſe, The clgſedjber ey upon all. terreſtrial objedts, and
fell Aleep in ſeſus. i

What conſolation did this yield i in ti trying den . .

called to take a laſting farewell of a dying telatixe! Yea,
what encour; ent does it hold out for us, when oppor -
nĩty offers,
god. Nor Ius be diſheartened
3 crowned, with ſucets: ſeed. may lung lie
buried, and for ought we know, after we have quitted our
earthly tabernacles, our paſt inſtruſſons may figk deeper
into {ome hearts; and, by the bleſſe
And d ut root, and bring forth fruit unto everlaſting.life
And, un the contrary, if we have lived in the neglect of this
known duty, What unhappy reflections muſt it afford? and
thould we ever be cglled to the death- bed of a friend; who
Is e or gragt of | the 1 knowledge. of Chriſt, and to Whg

ormerlyhad-- gpportunities, of ſhewing bis dag
dus neglectef o do it, —_— be the angui
ſoulywh Y bim Faſt breath, an grappling
with: black geips ir! ah, 12k — the way to exexlaſting
life, refuled gg f 1 15 it He to him; you knew the mortal

waund We Sen him, and: oug it. to ave ſhewn li n
the balm A Gilead, And the phyſician there; the precious

opportunities are loft forever You refuſed to ſhew bim _
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| 5 the N 0 of Chriſtianity were * y rooted 3 10 the

hearts of our countrymen, what excellent fruit would
xeviroduce ! the nation would be transformed to a ſtate

of ſuperior cellgvet, Eee forte: reſemblance.” to *

4 | 1 _ celeſtial abodes.: oa |
| * general profeſton of religion is bet it ia true, and the

Arines of the grace f Goi are clearly.taught among us;
thilinding g: to lament, that the 4
body of the people ate, — in prineiple and practice, but

2 their pa ae anggmceſtrs |
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ſhame upon miniſters, parents, and the teachers of. 224 0

has Peng the work. of wife and pious men. And he conclu-

ſion which Biſhop Beveridge, Gurgall, and others, have been

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tian, is the ſource of the malady. Youth, by this ion, ®
being left i; ignorant of the fundamental principles of religion,

neither underſtand the Scriptures they read, nor the fermons.

they hear. The enemy avajling himſelf. Abele blindneſs,

prevents the ſeed raking x root; and/infideli
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, inattentioþ
hos not ſown#

cauſe better ſeed

and immorality ſpring,

Nor can we ever expect todee a general reformation, either
3 among the rich or

or, W the great duty of catechiſing
e

youth is extenſiv

3 Our ore dopt this plan of Chriſtian inſtruction, |

founded in the expreſs command of God, + Train up a
hid in the way that he ſhould go, and when he is Id he
will not depart from it. Prov. xxii. 6. Fathers, «provoke |
not your children to wrath, rs inthe _—
By gurture, ſays eye
+ fign mes,
Wee en

and, as the Greek
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or cantnuing in any
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them in mir 18 the Late

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properly fig eg) catechiſingt../
And, therefore, to'catechiſe or Fro chitdren.in the knows;

= — e of God, is a duty here laid upon all parents by Al-

| ch dren under their care, in th
catechiſing or teaching them the principles of religion, &
in the breach of a plain law, a law. made by the Supreme

ty God himſelf; and alt who neglect to (educate: he:
admonition of God,

Taw-giver of the world, and maſt mcortingly anſwer for it;
at the laſt * 25 N AR; 952
Parents! i yo ou have any; zeal for God. Miniſters if

you have any love for ſouls, make no delay. Enter upon
the work immediately. Satan begins early to enſiſt them
into his ſervice. Our youth are in general under his do-
minion. It becomes you to reſcue Them: from hi
and early traiu them up for God. If you defire the

ſperity of the church; if iſh theftffing age to bea 0 5.
to ſerve God, wen you arc Md in your graves f if you

to turn many from darkneſs to light; if you wiſh to diſa

point heit, and honour heaven, train up children in the

nurture and admonition of the Lord; catechiſe them a

. diligence ; explain what they learn with familiarity ; follow
your inſtructions with earneſt cries to God for ſucceſs, and

e, who is always more diſpoſed to anſwer than we are to

| ro: will crown your labour with ſucceſs, and in the

day you ſhall preſent a multitude before the throne, fa ing;
4 Father, her * I, e hows! children whom Sj
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' BEFLECTIONS. ON JOHN I. .

. 07 Ats f. ulneſs have all we Total 2 3
＋* be a partaker of the fulneſs of Chriſt is RE higheſt

privilege to which man can be admitted; the bel ever.
enjoys a 1 of it here,
eternal king dom of the Lamb, he will be continually re
ceiving hel ie e of that inexhauſtible fulneſs, Which
will be the ſou Sof all his Joys, alid the theme of his ſong
for ever,—Jeſus, Chriſt” is revealed in the ſcriptures, . as
poſſeſſing an infinite fulneſs in himſelf, you as. Dan and as
che God- Man A ediator. Ns 25 8.

* Neleois + Kal gig, vor Hefych.” ;
4 1 Beveridge's thoughts on Chriſtian Education. : ;
K K 2 Chriſt

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40 oy may be ſaved. For the original worde, Willen
ve tranſlate, admonition,

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and when he arrives in hes |

1 n all good ; we have, there ed . to
\ | , prongidhat/Chriſt is God, and it carries with it ſatisfactory
. nnn in hich are infinite treaſures; of grace and
metey, It with be needleſs to multiply quotations, as one
„ cCbeir, pture proof is as tis factory as an hundred to the
mam who receives the ferip! ag e e r We
are toldithat . in him.dwelleth all the fulneſs of the godhead
baidi LY *. that is, the whole nature and attributes of God
duell keally and ſubſtantially in Chriſt's human nature.
But let hy mote particularly .confider' the fulneſs Chriſt (
efles in his covenant relation to his people, as their G-
Aan Mediator, poſſefſing infinite! grace and the Spirit above
meslure, +: and communicating this grace to his people, who
came as enifity veſſels to- he filled, and are enabled in their
maaſure to: manifeſt his fulneſs, Ar the variety of gifts: and
des he diſpenſes among the! „ till. he: brings eve mem-
ber to his ful ſpiritual ſtature, then gives them an abun-
"Jani entrance into his king tom of glory. The church being
cCalled the ſulneſs of Chalet his m Mydlieal body cannot be
complete without the full. nd complete. falvation. af a a
„ members. 111. a a 4 1 [la 4
When the Holy Spivit has winogds ſaving omvichiebs f in
- the heart of a ſinner, he who before, thought himſelf wiſe,
no ſees that he was ignorant of the things that concern his
moſt important intereſts; but it is his happineſs that in
San the: fulneſs of wiſdour; he is encouraged. to pleack
his jgnorance at the throne of grace, and t6 pray earneſtly
for wiſdom to direct his ſtéps: the Lord hears and ſpeedily
anſwers his prayer; the word which-he reads and hears with
faith is applied to his heart by the power. of the Spirit, and
becomes truly * : A light unto his feet, and a, lamp unto his
985 Y ly at fe a his ſpiritual; ſuone
it is not mere at ſettin 8 on bis piritual Jou
that the believer 721 this ng on of wiſdom; as he
ſues his courſe he contigually meets with difficulties, w
make him utterly; at a loſs how to proceed, and would cauſe
Vim to turn back into the World, but that he as recourſe i 1
every.time of need to him who at firſt imparted e
Fhoſe aſſurance he can rely on for direction till he arri es 1
Bis defi red haven.; he is brought by this "wiſdom to ſec bis
utter. incapacity to fuffil the holy law of God, which be is
breaking every. mme of his life; and to caſt hitaſelf en-

ca. . 3. + Jodi e. { Led. yo
tirely

bein on that perfo&t inter, by which Jeſus fulfilled .
law. as his ſurety; "Relying To the rgweoumek qf-God

imputed to him, he now beholds fin in its native de formity,

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parts continual ſupplies from his fulnefs,” {by which he is

his croſs; the believer receives of the . of this re-

firſt convictions, when be was, perhaps, brought to the bor-
ders of deſpair, but is now light in the Lor.

day, having by fin forfeited all title to the mercies of God,

temporal mercies as the purchaſe of that blood; and ſtudies
_ to uſe them to the glory of his Redeemer; but his moſt im-
Portant concerns are thoſe of his foul ; concerns which are

Poſſeſſion of this enjoyment; he will firſt ſuggeſt earthly

is humbled under the conviction, and has continual recourſe

REFLECTIONS o gen 17, ' 97

which declares him juſtified by the rightebuſneſs of Chriſt
as hateful in the fight of God; and looking unto Jeſus for the
race of ſanctification, prays that he may be made holy in
* which will not fail to pubquce holineſs of life; and
being engaged in a continual warfare, while connected witng
the preſent. evil world, he lives by faith in Jeſus, who im-

enabled to refiſt and watch againſt fin) and will not fail to
give the victory over every enemy; having, as the great
Captain of Salvation conquered death; and him that had#he
power of death, and redeemed his people from the curſeof
the law, by becoming a curſe for them, when he made a fult
and: erſed atonement for their ſins on Mount Calvary ; and
finiſhed the work of redemption, r out the hard-
writing of ordinances a eas agamft us, nailing them to

demption with: unſpeakable joy, after tlie dark ſeaſon of

He lives upon the fulneſs of this redemption from day to -

both for his-ſoul. and his body, he now enjoys the forfeited
poſfefion redeemed by the blood of Chriſt; he receives

not bounded by the period of the preſent life, but which ex- i
tend to eternity: as a finner he was baniſhed for over from 718
the preſence of God; but he is now brought nigh to himby © "WM

the redemption of Chriſt.” When faith is in exerciſe this gk
excites continual joy, and while he enjoys a ſenſe of the Wi

love of his Redeemer, he anticipates the happineſs of
heaven while in this jower world; but his adverſary; the £9

devil, will not long ſuffer him to contiuue in peaceable,

mindedneſs, and watching for his halting, tempt him to
backſlide from that God to whom he is under ſuch infinite
obligations; when brought to a ſenſe of his backſlidings he

to that blood of atonement which cleanſeth from all fin ;
and God having promiſed to heal all the backſſidings of thote
who'xcturw-unto him, he holds on: his way receiving out of
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ND yet, O my ſaul, what are thy purſuits, what are
thy hopes! Ihy purſuits: gre folly, and thy hopes
Wwoarldly. Yet gold is not wanted: covetouſneſs is not thy
* ſfoible-- Thou doſt not delight in ſcenes of wickedneſs—
no, but thy crime is a too great inattention to thy eternal
_cbneerns, and a much greater ſoligitude for the pleaſures,
tho not ſor che riches; of this tranſitory. world, than is con-
ſiſtent with tlie noble nature of an immortal being. For
well thou knaweſt, that this world is but a ſtate of proba-
tion, a ſhort pilgrimage, a flecting paſlage'; that this life wilt
but appear as a tale that is told, in compariſon with the life,
the eternal life, we are about to enter.
Ohl my fooliſh wandering: heart, why are thy feelings
s fo congenial with the world? Can it promiſe thee a tength
of years? can it enſure thee one moment no! then why _
let its folly captivate thy better affections. It will begin with
entertaining, but where will it end? Inu entailing contempt;
miſery, and deſpair upon its votaries. Strange that man, the
moſt favoured of all the creation; man, who is the image of
his Maker; that this highly favoured man ſhould be the
moſt ungrateful of all the works of his Maker's hand: flight-
ing his bounty, grieving his Spirit, rejecting his offers of ſal -
vation, and eager for nothing hut tlie ſtraws and duſt of earth.
And when hie has gained the height of his ambition, what is
the amount? vexation, diſappointment, and remorſe. His
riches, his honours, will fly faſter thun they were accumu-
lated, and nothing will be left him but regret for miſ- ſpent
time; and one little ſpot of earth where he muſt lie down,
and terminate this glorious ſcheme of worldly wiſdom .
Oh, my ſoul, flee from the wrath to come, no longer pro-
craſtinate, but fly to the Rock that is higher than thou art.
However the Chriſtian's path is ſtrewed with thorns, oh
my God, enable me to chuſe the narrow way that leads to
life. O let me not be. loſt in deſpondency, let me not be
n : = frightened.

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the ways: O God keep me alike irom pride and deſpair,
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, Editor of. the Evangelical, Magazine. 92 * 0

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| 1 e is an extract of a Letter from a young
man betonging to the Britiſh Artillery, who went with Sir.
Sidney Smith" into the Eaſt, The pious ſtrain in which he
introduces his jetter, and other circumſtances, have induced.
me to trouble you with a copy, which, if you think worthy.
of a place in yapr excellent W you Fl be ſo good
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1 Embrace the preſent opportunity of ſending yoy a few
lines, hoping they will find you in as good health as they
leave me: thanks be to God for this, and all his other mer-
cies ſince I left Europe. For the hand of God has been
with me, as will appear from the ſequel, ever ſigce ] left my
native country; for in all the viciſſitudes and troubles that
have attended our paſſage from Ireland to the coaſt” of
Egypt, andi from that through the Red Sea, until we arrived
in Judea, 114 miles from ſeruſalem, the preſence of the
Lord has been with me, botli day and night. Bleſſed be his
holy name, he has been pleaſed to lead me into the know-
ledge of redeeming love, and give me to experience the
power of his glorious goſpel, and of his almighty grace, ſo
that I may walk in N light of ane e . a Re-
deemer. . l
When 1 * 42 your "laſt leren n we were 08 orders
to march to Cork, where we embarked for Egypt, the 2d
of Auguſt 1799, on board the Royal Sovereign, of 110 guns,
in company with the reſt of the ſhips under the command of
S I Sidney Smith, to act againſt the French "=
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to the coaſt of France, and then to Gibraltar: we had fine

of war were off the;coaft of . were then given

art of managing tlie great gong, with other branches of the
art of war, which is our pre ad
- weather for fivedays, to paſs along the coaſt of Egypt, for
we ſt
þ 1-0 e however, the city-of Acre was at this time be-

Syria, and is s lo
men, when they attempted to take it from the.lnfidels inthe
Holy wars. We were obliged to land at the port town of
Aleppo for freſh water, where we embarked again, and
landed at the city of Acre the 12th of ORober.-” Our fleet
"took all the French heavy artillery in the Red Sea, which
we ſemployed againſt themſelves, and , obliged them to raiſe
the ſiege with the loſs of the greater part of their army.
"General Buonaparte having proceeded. into Egypt with his
army, left us at liberty to go further into Turkey, which

marched to the city of Samara, in Galilea, where we lay
We paſſed by the land of Sodom the 20th of January, and

great numbers of pilgrims. The city, whicli is about as large

place where our Saviour was buried, and an image of te Vir -

Here is to be ſeen likewiſe the cleft of 1 .
when our Saviour gave up the ghoſt. We lay here three

ten miles from Jeruſalem. This town is about as large as

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the-coaſt of Egypt. We paſſed through the GerminiOccan'
weather for ten days in fight of Italy, until ye come to

Malta, on the 18th of September. All this time we did.
not know our deſtination; but on the 19th; u frigate came

to the Commodore, to inform him that ſome French ſhips

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to know our deſtination was ey, to learn the Turks the

ent employment. We had fine

ould not land at any place in that country, It being
| the hands of the French, commanded by. General

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ped by the above-mentioned army, confiſting of 130,000
Thee by is ſituate upon 7 of the Red Sea, in
the ſame where the Chriſtian kings loſt ſo many

vou will obſerve we did. We lay here one month, and then
fix weeks, when we got orders to proceed to Jeruſalem.

encamped the 26th on the Mount of Olives, £0 miles from
Jerufalem, and upon the 2d of February marched into that
City. The religion here is that af Mahomet, and there are

as Dundee, is 45 miles from the ſea. The fineſt building in it
is a temple (formerly) dedicated to the ſun, {but now) be-
longing to the Turks. There is another temple built over the

gin Mary, of gold, to which the pilgrims pay their devotions.
the rock, which rent

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weeks, and then came to this town, namely, Bethlehem,

Perth, with ſome fine ſtreets. in it. The place where our

Saviour was dorn is now covered with a chapel, about as

large

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Chriſtiaus wor ; La: 1 Ec. RA 2" $:5 iS 1 ;
The moſt remarkable thing i in this noquit is the. hang

neſs of proviſions, &. Wine to be hat at twopence

bottle; lemons one penny per dozen, and oranges oo |
Ser Aa per pound ; butter, milk,

By ſame; "figs threepenc
and cheeſe, alſo Tety plenty. It may, with great peoprieess
be ſtill ſtiled the Promiſed and, © aland flowing with m

aud honey; for there is every thing in great abundance.

In ſhort, this country almoſt wants for nothing; money
* very little uſed. I got a cheſt made in Jeruſalem
the wood of Lebanon for two fillings, which would have

eta me two nn in Britain, &c.
A - (Signed ) _ DAVID TAYLOR.

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SELECT SENTENCES. 3
Ir. is by ght from God that we are to be directed Gb

When 1 was rich, ſays one, I poficiſed God in all; Jad

now I am poor, I poſſeſs all in
That we may not complain of what is, let us fe God's
band in all events; and that we may not be afraid of What
Gall be, let us ſee all events in God's hand.
To love God is to have no otlier will than his, to keep faith-
fully bis law, and have in abhorrence all violation of it.
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To love God: is w Jens to os with him, to wiſh to
* to him, to figh and languiſh after him, That is but a
igned love which does not defire to ſee the Beloved. ' Idem.
frowns of the world would not diſquiet us as they do, if
we did not fooliſhly flatter ourſelves with the hope of its 3 —

enry.
God brings us into firaits that he may bring v us on our knees.
Lem.

Urgent trials ſhould 1 th fervent prayers. 2
In all men coming out of great trials have been the moſt
+ inſtrumental to the ber. of others; for God doth not greatly
exereiſe any of his,
gory. Dr. Owen.
Cbriſt fabi being . but did not in being tempted.

Owen.

Never any ſoul miſcarried under temptation, that eried to
the Lord for ſuccour, under a real apprehenſion of danger,

| with faith and ron of relief, . , Zadem.
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with ſome r view to his own .

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Modern Infidelity confidered. with reſpec to its Influence on Fociety, in a

Sermon, preached at the Baptiſl Meeting, Cambridge, E Robert. Mall,

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A. M. 2d Edition, 800. pages 84, price 26. Bullon and Cunder, 1800.
ON attention to this very ingenious diſcourſe has been unavoidably de -
_ layed ſo long, that its merit has already recommended; it to extenſive
circulation.” We ſhould, however, be deficient in what is due to our
numerous readers, if we omitted to introduce Mr. Hall's publication to
the knowledge of many who may yet be ftrangers to its excellence. Tt |
preſents. a clear, brilliant, and impreſſive contraſt between the effects of |
Ohriftianity and infidelity, upon the principles of morals, and the foi mation
of the characters of men. On. the former head, the author enquires,
ae what is to reſtrain an atheiſt from the commiſſion of à crime, den it |
flatters him with the profpe& of impunity and of immenſe advantage?
And he demonſtrates, that * the ſyſtem of infidelity is a ſoil as barren of
great and ſublime virtues, as it is prolific in crimes.” s.

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In examining the influence of infidelity upoꝝ the formation of <nrader,'
Mr. H. is _— and particular. He ſhews that it tends directly to tt
deſtruction of a taſte for moral excellence, and promotes the growth of thoſe
vices which are the moſt hoſtile to ſocial happineſs; eſpecially vanity, fe-
rocity, and unbridled ſenſuality, On each of theſe ſubordinate topics, 3
br quotation will indulge our own feelings, and probably thoſe of our
f n * ' L d 3 NES ECM Ker, 4 . :
P. 34. Humility is the firſt fruit of religion. In the mouth of our
Lord there is no maxim ſo frequent as the following: Wholoever ex-,
alteth himſelf ſhall be abaſed, and he that humbleth himſelf ſhall be ex-
alted. Religion, and that alone, teaches abſolute humility z by which I
mean, a ſenſe of our abſolute nothingneſs in the view of infinire*greatneſs
| and excellence. That ſenſe of inferiority, which reſults ſroin the compa» -
riſon of men with each other, is often an unwelcome fentiment forced upon
the mind, which may rather imbitter the temper than ſoften it; that which
devotion impreſſes, is ſoothing and delightful. The devout man loves to
' lie low at the foot-ſtool of his Creator; becauſegt is then he attains the moſt
lively perceptions of the divine excellence, and the moſt tranquil confidence
Wo in the divine favour, In ſo auguſt a preſence, he ſees all diſtinctions loſt,
W and all beings reduced to the ſame level; he looks at his ſuperiors without
- envy, and his inferiors without contempt ;_ and when from this elevation he

deſcends to mix in ſociety, the conviction of ſuperiority, which muſt in
1 many inſtances be felt, is a calm inference of the underſtanding, and no
, longer a buſy importunate paſſion of the heart.
? Having proved that the ſceptical ſyſtem ſinks the importance of human
| . exiſtence, to an inconceivable degree, the author -proceeds; thus, p- 39-
| 2 From theſe principles reſults the following important inference, that
tts extinguiſh human life by the hand of violence, muſt be quite a different
| thing in the eyes of a ſceptic from what it is in thoſe of a Chriſtian: | With,
the ſceptic it is nothing more than diverting the courſe of à little red fluid
Called blood; it is merely leſſening the number by one of many millions

; ; of fugitive contemptible creatures. The chriſtians ſees, in the ſame eyents
5 an accountable being cut off from a ſtate of probation, and bored per-
* | haps up prepared, into the preſence of bis judge, to hear that final, that
\n irrevocable ſentence, which is to fix him for ever in an unalterable condi-

tion of felicity or woe,” P. 43. ( Settle it, therefore, in your minds, as

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n maxim meyer to be effaced or forgotten, that atheiſm. is an inbuman, |

bloody; ferocieus ſyſtem, equally hoſtile to every uſeful reſtraint, and to
every virtvous affe gion; that leaving nothing above W to excite awe, nor

uround us to awaken tenderneſs, it wages war with heaven and earth; its
firſt object is to dei hrone God, its next to deſtroy man...
P. 46. Under every poſſible- aſpect in which infidelity can be view-
ed, it extends the dgminion. of ſenſuality z it repeals and abrogates evetR
Jaw by which divine revelation has, under ſuch awful lanctions, n n.

| the"indulgetice ol! the paſſions. - The diſbelief of a ſupreme, omniſcient
Being which it inculcates, \ releaſes its difciples from an attention to the
heart, from every care but the preſervation of outward. decorum; and the, -

exctuſion of the devout affections, and an unſeen world, leaves the mind

immerſed in viſible, ſenſible ohjea$®? “ 33 5

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Mr. H. points out as eireumſtances, by which modern infidelity is diſ-
tinguiſhed and aggravated; 1. that it attempts to eſtabliſſi the principles of
albeiſm, hy difannulling the belief of all ſuperior powers; 2. that it aims

to diffuſe theſe principles among the common people; 3. that if preſumes to |

| Infoyateiin'the very /#b/ance of morals, not diſputing merely the grounds _
of duty, but the aur f duty itſelf. p. 58-6 .

Dunuſually as our review is already extended, we cannot refrain to ex-
tract ſrom Mr. H's concluding refledtions, the following animated apoſ- -
trophe, and fubſequent confolatory obſervation; p. 7241 fTheir infatuated -
eagerneſs, their parricidal zeal, to extinguiſh a ſenſe of Deity, muſt excite
iſtouiſhment and horror. Is the idea of an almighty and perfect Ruler,

_ unfriendly to any paſſion which is /confiſtentwith innocence, or an obſtrue-
tion to any defign which it is not ſhameful to avow? Eternal God! on
what are thine enemies intent: what are thoſe enterprizes of guilt and
horror, that, for the ſafety of their performers, require to be enveloped.in a
darkneſs which the eye of heaven muſt not pierce! Miſerable men! proud
of being the, offspring of chance, in love with univerſal diſorder, , whoſe =

_ happineſs is involved in the belief of there being no witneſs to their deſigns, ' |
and who are at eaſe only becauſe they, ſuppoſe, themſelves. inhabitants of a
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P. 76. „ Jesus CuyrrsT ſeems to have “ his fan in his hand, and to be
Kue purging his flour; and nominal chriſtians, will, probably be

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_ the degenerate manners, and corrupt lives of multitudes in the viſible

church, been, on the contrary, the principal occaſiop of, ſcandal and

offence? | Infidelity, without intending it, is gr dually removing this re-

proach; poſſe fling the property of attracting to itſelf the morbid humours

which pervade the church, until the chriſtian profeſſion on the one hand is
reduced to a found and healthy ſtate, and ſcepticiſm on the other, exhibits
nothing but a maſs of putridity and diſeaſee . 4

After theſe extracts we will not tire the patience, nor inſult the under-*

flanding of our readers, by multiply ing out praiſes of the matter and ſtyle
of this pamphlet. We cannot caution them againſt faults, except that its
title ſeems to us a miſnomer, and we do not recommend to brother miniſters, = *<
to deliver from their pulpits any diſcourſe that omits the peculiar doctrines 4
of the goſpel, or that is not a direct addreſs to their hearers. We know ©
that the author's, general rule ef conduct, as he obſerves in his preface; is

different; but we are confident that his candour will excuſe us for queſtion-
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's the expediency of departing from that rule, on any oc caſion, in public
addreſſes to periſhing fellow finners. This obſervation relates ta his work
#3 2 /ermon only. As a pamphlet, we think it not merely unexceptionable,
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catechumens ; and, in the preſent: edition, ti the original queſtions and ans
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inſerted in their places, and the laaguage is ſimpli improved,
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| The ſvbjeR of the following niertivit was, through bs brought
te the know edge of the truth as it is in Jeſus. When hou hy teen years of
age, Providence led her to hear the late Rev. 8. Walker, of Truro, ng
Praiſe is in all the churehes. Through his inſtrumentality, together
the converſation of two pious ladies of her intimate e th |
Ker work was begun on her ſoul, but_it was under the Ft the
fate Rev. S. Pierce, that ſhe was led i into a more clear and; conſiſtent vier-
of the glorious goſpel. For ſome years before her diſſclption, ſhe * 1 been
in a very declinin fate of health: ſhe ſuffei ed excruciatin pains. io
ch, ariſing from weakneſs and indigeſtion: After 2; beft me
advice to be obtained in her native place, the was adviſed tot 9
of the Bath — in May 1796, which, 'through the bleſſing of G
much relieved her, ſo that ſhe was able to digeſt a ſmall quantity of animal
food, which ſhe had not been able to do for many months before: but tho
The was thus greatly relieved, the worm at the root had not looſened its
hold. After flaying there the uſual time, ſhe returned to her native
| place, when her diſorder returned alſo, and from that time ſhe languiſhed
through much pain and weakneſs till her death. For near twelve mont
prior to her death, ſlie was not able to attend the public worſhip more that
twice; once when the new meeting in this town was opened, and one
Lord's-day at Padſtow: but though debarred public means "of grace,
_ ſhe experienced the teaching of the great Prophet in her afflictions and fe-
tifement.
I ſhall now briefly ſtate the Lord's gracious dealings with her in her lf
"Hineſs. Nov. '27th the had a very ſuffering ni ht, but appeared to be
greatly * dhe more than once 122 * t is 8 petitions 2
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Lond, mercy. L aſks. -
Tis 88 total ſum

O let th y. mercy ( comet? _ . -
And after a little fleep, the ſaid, © to —_ os et
oh that I may be found uw? And n append this

«Tis finiſh'd, our Immanuel Din, 5

e conquer'd when he fell;
| Which words ſhe dwelt on, and ſaid, how ſweet!” 8 eee

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« 'Tis finiſhed ſaid his dyin breath,

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never ſin.” On the 28th, ſhe had a moſt trying

tes of hell: 5 1
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ſupported, and enabled to ſay, “ Bleſſed Jeſus! thy will be done! Sanc-
mo this affliction, and cut. ſhort thy work and then repeated that hymn,

Mt, the delights, the Moray: joys, * Ke. |

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; her ſufferings. were mercifully relieved, and her ſoul e 5

alt for lory 3 her-earthly ties ſeemed looſening, and heaven a
1 9 ö „ſhe broke —＋ in theſe SR |
i. Bleſs the Lord, O my foul, and all within me bleſs his holy name; who
forgiveth all thine iniquities, and healeth all thy diſeaſes ; who crowneth
thy days with loving kindneſs, and who promiſeth an unfadi
2 beyond the grave, glorious views! all the

ed in view.

have — 2 unbounded

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On awakening:

from fle

crown, 1

on a dear relative entering the room ſhe re-

peated the 2 Tank, and added, What are ten thouſand kingdoms and

worlds to this? I truſt the Lord will

| _ nothing to fear, bleſſed be God. Sweet Jefus 1

lieved, but I am near my Father's houſe above.
| om year, and it will be my crowning year. She alſo 4 0 al os.

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ery bleſſing, ,

grant me an eaſy Rey I have

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friend who came to ſee her, ſhe faid,: „ Bleſſed 12 God, I am grea
Fhis, ſaid the, . i

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And ſaid, repeatedly, the Lord bad never before abe Ur i loch
a view of her intereſt in the everlaſting covenant, On a Faking from ſleep,
ſhe ſaid, „ Lord, reconcile me to thy blefſed will: and ſoon after, -
the Lamb; O, my ſoul, bleſs his holy na

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reply, faid, All is wel

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faid of her caſe, but without giving time for a

bleſſed be God, when heart and fle faileth he,

will be the ſtrength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Ou the zoth, ſhe |

appeared to poſſeſs the ſame glorious hope, but, feeling her weakneſs, could
fay but little. Dec. 1, in the night, ſhe begged the Lord to give her a
Ken to ſupport her drooping faith, and on the morning ſaid, the had
7 this, In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot

fore the world began. To a friend who came to ſee ber
ſhe ſaid, I am near my journeys end. I am a poor vile wretch, the chief
of ſinners, and the leaſt of all ſaints; but; oh! the freenem of divine
grace! I ſhould be deſtitute of hope, if he had not made him to be ſin for
us, who k new no fin, that we might be made the righteouſneſs of God in

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| -. | © among many ſweet expreſſions, dropped from her diug lips, Lord, now |
letteſt thou thy ſervant . depart in eace accorting/to thy word, for mine +

eyes have ſeen thy ſalvation :'* and ſoon After, +to''x perſon'who' came in,

| ſaid, „Oh! prize the one thing netdful; there is à reality-irrthgion,
1 What are crowns and kingdoms to what I now experience. I truſt, thro?
tte riches of free grace, I ſhall wear an unfading grown. What acmercy |

mdeaat ſuch an unworthy wretehi ſhould have ſuch divine fuppbrt. And on

| ſeeing her daughter weeping and diftreſt, ſhe ſaid, “ My dear, why does
Lo your heart fail?-praiſe the Lord, for his mercy endureth fer ever,z=all. is |
+ well.” To one by her, ſhe faid, e My dear, what à merci that you are
ſingled out, and called! After which, ſhe prayed earneſtly for her. She
Added, And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my Hope is in thee i!!

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' This verſe ſhe often repeated. Dec. 5, ſhe was in a moſt triumphänt Rite; 4
When her apothecary came to viſit her, ſhe aſked, how long it might be
before ſhe took her flight; “J Jong,” faid ſhe, “ for the happy moment to
depart, and be wich Jeſus Chriſt, who has done all for mel. N cee When
you hear I am delwered; my dear friends, ſay, Ichank thee, O Lord!
that thou haſt delivered this thy ſervant from the miſeries of this finful
world. Sweet Jeſus, what abounding conſolations I long for the happy
time, to depart. Sweet jeſus, give as eaſy a paſſage às a poor finner
may expect. O may this providence be ſanctified to all, refpeotally; to this
houſe. : Bleſſed be God, death is no terror to me, I ſhould be glad if this
was the happy moment.“ To a perſon, in the afternbon, Who aſked hom
ſhe did, ſhe. ſaid, I am walking through the valley of the ſhadow of death,
but the Lord is with me, and he ſupports and.comforts me. To a friend 5
| who came in, . You are come to lee. your dying friend, but the Lord is
all- ſuffcient. The night before her . which was Deb. 6, 1798,
about ten o'clock in the morning, the following ſweet expreſſions were dif-
tinfly heard from her dying lips: © Bleſſed he God for ſuch ſupports: I
have no pain in my body. My Chriſt is all in all. Lam a Jong tine dy-
ing, but it is eaſy; I. bave no pain; what a merey! The Lord is the
ſtrength of the righieous ; he ĩs a ſtrong hold in the day of trouble; an
endleſs weight of glory for a life of miſery.” She aſked whether to-morrow -
was nat the Sabbath, and being told not, ſaid, “ ſhall begin my eternal
Sabbath. O, my ſweet Lord Jeſus, how great are thy.meicies to the chief
of ſinners. This is an awful ſcene, but a ſweet onè to me, this makes
amends for all my ſufferings. Come, Lord Jeſus, come quickly.” Death
now made haſty approaches, the ſilver cord was looſening); and n of
ſpeedy diſſolution a pam; but ſtill her happy ſoul exulted in the bright
. proſpe& of approaching' bliſs. She cried, How Jong Lord, how long
pee my ſtay will work for the good of any one, welcome ail the will of
4 Chriſt has ſaid, I will never leave thee: nor forſake thee. Sweet
Jeſus, I long to drink of the water of life. Lord, now letteſt thou thy ſer.
vant depart in peace, for mine eyes have ſeen thy ſalvation.” One ſald to
her, „ You are going to glory, you have no doubt of that.“ She replied, .
& No, I have not, bleſſed be God.” Another repeated that text, Be»
hold I lay in Zion 8 chief corner ſtone, ele, precious, and he who be-
lieveth on him ſhall not be aſlamed. Na,“ ſaid ſhe, „ nor confounded,
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world without-end,” One near to her ſaid, © But à very little while, and
all will be over. t Vet, ſhe replied, I'with for the happy moment, 92
and you, I truſt, will be enabled to rejoice. Soon aſter; ſhe faid, „After
all, you muſt reſt here, to be ever with the Lord. Lord, haſten thy work,
and cut it ſhort” in righteouſneſs. In a few minutes ſhe was turned on

her left fide, and then ſaid, „Death is coming, but all is well;' and
| ſoon after, (which were the laſt intelligible words) “ Jeſus, chou art my
help; and in a little time ſhe departed, to be for ever wirh the Lord..

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Early on Monday morning, the 16th December, 1799, died, Mrs.

Pearſon, wife of Mr. Wm. Pearſon, draper, of St. Ives, in Hunting- .

donſhire. The circumſtances attending her death are peculiarly affecting

After a few hours confinement ſhe was delivered of two fine children,

who' ſurvive her, and ſhe appeared to all her attendants in a fair way of

doing well. Not the leaſt ſymptom of danger, much leſs of death, was
to be perceived; yet (awful to relate!) in two hours afterwards, ſhe was

2 breathleſs corpſe. She expreſſed a deſire to ſpeak with Mr. P. who was

called, but before he could reach her, ſhe was (alas?!) deprived of the.

power of ſpeech. | The conſternation inte which the family was thrown”

by ſo ſudden a change, may be better conceived than deſcribed ; and the |
awful intelligence drew from the furrounding friends abundant tears of *> N
ſympathy. Human nature is ready, ** under ſuch trying fcenes,” to ar- pods 4
raign the proceedings of the Almighty ; but where grace reigns it diſpoſes :

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the mind to be calm, and ſay, It is the Lord, let him do what ſeemeth

good to him. He gave, and blefſed be his name! He takes but what he
gave. The loſs of this truly amiable woman will be ſeverely felt by her
ſurviving huſband, and fx ſmall children. But thelevidence of true and

genuine piety to God, which ſhe manifeſted in time of life, is. a healing

balm of conſolation. e F C.M. ,

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Rh 1 MR. WARNER. eee

ON December 26, 1799, died, in the 8 5th years of his age, Mr. Jonn
WARNER, of Kettering. He was twenty years aſſiſtant, and nearly
torty years maſter of the free- ſchool in this town, which ſtations he occupied
with honour and reſpectability. He has long been known in this neighbour-
hood as an amiable, intelligent, and religious character. The following par- As
ticulars, communicated by a Baptiſt Miniſter now living, who-for the laſt | i |
thirty-eight years has been in habits of intimacy with him, may not be un- =_
acceptable to your readers.' BE an THEE: a PF ; |
Mr. Warner was a native of Kettering. His parents were engaged
in the farming buſineſs ; but met with heavy loſſes. They gave their chil»
dren, however, a tolerable education, conſidering the time in which th
lived. John, the ſubject of this memoir, was put apprentice to a wool-.
comber; but the buſineſs not ſuiting eitker his conſtitution or turn of
mind, he declined it, and ſet up teaching of ſchool : and being'a Latin
ſcholar, and underſtanding ſomething of the Greek, he met with good
encouragement, At firſt his ſchool was a private one, but he was ſoon
afterwards taken into the free-ſchool as an aſſiſtant to Mr, Allen, rector
of the pariſn; which ſtation he occupied with good acceptance. ö

e was 2 ſober man from his youth, and a conſtant attendant at the

eſtabliſhed church; but for ſome years ignorant of the truth as it is re- By
Vealed in the ſcriptures. When he was, as I ſuppoſe, about thirty om |

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ies pleaſed God to viſit him with a threatening afliction, and by means of
this to convince him of the inſufficiency of his duties to atone for his paſt |
ſins, and to juſtify him in the ſight of a being of ſpotleſs purity. He

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not in words, What new doArine is this? © 1 |

amongſt high.church-men, and rigi xdiſſenters: But none of theſe things
moved him: Hettiltperſevered in declaring, as far as he knew, thetrul

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df Burkit's Expoſition, or the book of -Homilies.: Bat at this time, as]
dave heard him declare, he knew nothing of 3 the Jaw of

d'throngh Jeſus |

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hriſt, nor of the work of grace upon the ſoul To all theſe things he

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now hegan to ſee the evil of fin, and the plague of his own heart; was
convinced that the life he had hitherto lived was no better than that of 2
Phariſee; that he ſtood in need of the blood of Chriſt to. atone for the ſin

foul, Theſe things T remember he communicated to me about thirty-four
years ago, when we were intimately acquainted, and uſed to take ſweet
counſel together in the things of Gt.

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to give him to ſee his own meanneſs; and: finfulneſs ; ſo he was impreſſed

make it known to them; that ny alſo might fl-e from the wrath to come,
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and join with him in aſcribing

returning thanks to him bath privately and publicly, opened his heart to
2 at the Socſety - room. ne of the Society having read the por-

and declared what God had dont fer his ſoul, and all the. things of which

This change occaſioned much ſhyneſs ardcoolneſs in his acquaintance
towards him; and ſome walked no more with him. Some even reproached
bim, calling him a metbodiſ, a name at that time peculiarly odious, both

as it is in Jeſus ; and was not altogether unſucceſsful in his labours« - \
He read his bible much, and the works of great and good men of the
| laſt century. About once a month he uſed te go to Weſton Favel to hear

Mr. James Hervey; and in bis return would commonly ſtop at Old, a vi |

lage about ſix miſes from Kettering, at a Mr. Chapman's, and deliver!
word of exhortation to ſuch perſons as choſe to attend,
„He always had an attachment to the eſtabliſhed church. The doArin®
contained in the liturgy, articles, and homilies, he firmly believed; and
choſe to attend upon the ſervices, hoping, I ſuppoſe, that God would {nd
them an evangelical preacher>- Twice, to my knowledge, he invited M.
Whitfield to come and preach at Kettering ; but could not procure tit,
pulpit for him. Mr, Whitfield came, and preached out of doors to!
great number of people. Mr. Warner, however, was not ſo attached u
the church, but that he loved all good men, of every denomination;

- would frequently attend at diſſenting worſhip.

And to his fwends,

In the. year 1761, a curate was wanted for Kettering church; 20d
the late Mr. Maddeck being then at liberty, Mr. Warner, with fo"
others of his acquaintance, uſed their influence to procure the curacy fn
him ; and which being accompliſhed, afforded no ſmall ſatisfactien te W

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| in aſeribi vation to God and to the Lamb. God ;
having heard his prayer, and reſtored him to health, he accordingly, after

him. He til}, however, continued to exhort in the 8 roo fe
- with ineresſing boldneſs; labouring to impceſs upon the. minds of, bis
friends in the evening what they had been bearing in the day, praying alſo
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him, and hecame amember of his little Society. I have often been in-
ſtructed and refreſhed with his ſuitable and ſeaſonable addreſſes, and pa-
thetic prayers. Under the miniſtry. of Mr. Maddotk, he grew much in

divine knowledge; and about that time cultivated an acquaintance with

Chriſt, and adorned it with a becoming converſation.

„ With regard to his general deportment, it was ſociable, „ Al
gentle, temperate in his moſt lawful enjoyments, and patient under all his
afflictions. His cireumſtances in life were eaſy, compared with ſomes:

He was

held in eſteem, even hy them who knew nothing of vital religion.

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ſeveral diſſenters. The works of Hervey, Romaine, and Witherſpoon,
were much admired by him. Indeed, he lived a life of faith on Jeſus

always

but he had trials in his family which made him often put up that prayer,

1 am oppreſſed: undertake for me! All was borne with chriſtian reſignation |

and calmnels.\ oe pO OS pes MO Ling As: 69”, n
his life he had uſed to ſay with Jacob, I baue

„In the latter part of

waited for thy ſalvation, O Lord] The laſt time that I ſaw him was in

October, 1799. There

d been a meeting of miniſters at Mr, Fuller's

lace; and he was ſtanding at his window to ſee the miniſters go by.
ſtepped in, and aſked him how he did? He anſwered, I am a poo!
o be diſſolved, and

tering creature, but God's waiting ſervant. I
and to he with Chriſt. I know whom I have believe |
preached ?;T'told him, a young miniſter from Northampton. He anſwered, |
O what a mercy that God takes care of: his own cauſe. One generation
paſſeth away; but another cometh, endued with a meaſure of the Aer |
ſpirit, to preach the ſame, goſpel. ] his
enemies are put under his feet..
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jews and hopes continued much the ſame:

and though he bad formerly been atraid of dying, not on account of what

would follow, but of death itſelf; yet at this time all his fears ſcemed to

have ſubfided. He expreſſed to the laſt his faith, and hopes and joy in

God, thiough our Lord Jeſus Chriſt; and requeſted that a fuveral ſermon
might be preached from 1 Cor. xv. 55, 57. O death where 1s thy fling ? 1

&c. that an opportunity might be afforded to recommend Chriſt to his re-

lations, friends and neighbours

ſibility, of good a and muc
of diſtinguithed ſagacity and prudence.
Mrs. Campbell was brought up in theepiſcopa

„MRS. CAMPBELL. -
The late Mrs. Campbell, ſpouſe of John Campbel
late provoſt of Glaigow, was a lady of quick apprehention and great ſen»
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worſhip; though afterwards, from decided judgment, ſne became a member
of the eſtabliſhed church of Scotland, and lived and died in that communion g

dut never allowed herſelf in bi
any kind; highly
themſelves by zeal for the G
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A ſpirit of genuine evangelical an

whole conduct.

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gotted, illiberal aſperſions on diſſenters of
eſteemed and praiſed thoſe of them, who diſtinguiſhed
oſpel, and juſtified it by the purity and eircum-

d vital piety animated ard governed her

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-patience and long · ſuffering with joyfulneſs, the poſſeſſed her foul to the

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r ny, whom ſhe knew tobe worthy of their facred calling; made

ortu; | n miniſters and others hom ſhe eſteemed,
more particularly during the time of her confinement and diſtreſs ; and en!
Fee her indiffoſubly; and with high degrees of complaceney and delight

0 all the Ipiritual exerciſes of the cloſet; where ſne ſpent the whole of her
time unoccupied by other neceſfary duties, and vnopprefien by the weight
ef affliction; it united her foul to all of every denomination that appeared

|. - fo bear the image of Jeſus Chriſt, in proportion to its viſible fulneſs and

Beaiity. * While inſpiring lively ſentiments of gratitude-for the profuſion of . |

es enjoyments, which a benignant Providence placech all around her, it
free 5560 and forever broke their enchantments, -purified her heart, and
firmly ſettled +}! her affect ions on the things that are above as her treaſure;

Portion and reſt, Hence ſne was eminently- “e ready to diſtribute, willing
to communicate“ to every benevolent inſtitution, and uſeful purpoſe; par-
_ ticularly to the poor, eſpecially to thoſe of them, hom, from her gn ob-
ſervation, or the teſtimony of others, the believed to belong to the houſe.
Hold of faith. Hence too ſhe was wont to ſay even in the beſt days of
- health, with an air of genuine mortifieation and heavenlineſs of mind, when
any one took notice of the rural charms of Kellermont, her beautiful pater-
nal eſtate on the banks of Kelvin: Ves, but what are theſe things io
us? They cannot be they are not our portion;
, * nothing proves more convincingly the power of religion on Mrs:
C x r deep ſelf-denial and humility in a courſe of clofe walk- -

ing with God; her habitual ſerenity, tranquillity and cheer fulneſs, if not
4 with doubts and fears ariſing woo” 1 :

triumph (though ſometimes aſſault
larged views of the evil of fin, and a penetrating ſenſe of perſonal un

| neſs op the one Hand, and the remains of unbelief on the other) in near

views of death, con invally and Jong preſented to her mind ; hgrupthaken

fortitude, aſtoniſhing; and almoſt- ſingular patience, under a complication of
' diſorders, ſome of them extremely acute and agonizing, which hung upon

her ſeveral years, conſined her a great part of that time, night and day, in

2 manner entirely to a chair, never permitted her to think of bed ſooner than
four or five in the morning, and even then, inſtead of allowing\eaſy poſtures

and any quiet repoſe, obliged her to fit always ere, with her head reclining

on a reſt contrived for the purpoſe, the few diſturbed hours the was in it.

_ Under all theſe preſſures, heavier than humanity, unſupported. by almighty
eviſhneſs or
chagrin; heard a complaint, murmur, or the leaſt word of diſſatisfaction
with the ways of God towards her. Still, ſtill, with unruffled meekite(s,
with/profound ſubmiſſion reſigning herſelf to her ſovereign and all · wiſe Fa-
iber, to her gracious and compaſſionate Redeemer, whom ſhe was well in-
ſtruKed to know and confidently truſt ; ſhethanked both, and took courage,
s ſtrengthened with all might, according to his glorious power; _

In ſhort, Mrs. Campbell, of Clathick, was one of the brighteſt orna-

ments of her ſex. Few women, in any age, under any advantages, have

excelled her in any thing amiable, great and good. Very few, in our age
and country, eſpecially. of her rank and fortune, have come near ſuch a pat-

tern of excellence as the exhibited. Happy if, though with unequal ſteps, |
tve e beſollowers of them who through faith and patience, inherit the

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mother was a woman. of great piety,” whoſe, anceſtors. were cruelly. per
cuted for their,non-conformity, during the, reign of. Charles II.— He
_ grandfather, ho lived near Medburſt, in Suſſex, 8 out of his be:
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bur the remembered, wirh the tendereſt affect ion, the prayers that the. | my
offered for her and wwith her.during the thoughtleſs years of her childlivad. - =
Upon her deceaſe ſhe was committed to the care of her Aunt Harriſon, a _ .

widow, who keph —_— s ſhop on London Bridge Here, at this " 15
period, ſhe was taught thoſe habits of domeſtic. ceconomy,, trugality, ange
ardent purſuit of buſineſs, which ſo eminently, diſtinguiſhed her future lie.
As the growing infirmities of her aunt rendered her leſs c able of exer- 2
tion, ſhe was able, at the age of ſixteen or ſeventeen, to condudk the principal
concerns of her trade. She regularly attended upon religious worſhip at the, WM
Weigh. Hguſe, ar Miles-Lane Meeting: Houſes, hut with ſtrong prejudices CE
agaialt thoſe doctrines, that depreciated the merit of gogd w rks: howe, ol

ever, before ſhe was eighteen, her mind became deeply impreſſed with con-
victions of fin; and though her conduct was moral, yet the ſaw ſo much
wic kedneſs in her heart, and had ſuch a ſtrong ſenſe of the demerit of ſin, 1
as to produce the moſt vehement ſtruggles in her copſcience for ſeveral years, _ Ll.
before the attained that ſettled and abiding confidence in the atonement of "A
Chritt and the doctrines of the goſpel, which, were the joy of her heart to "74

the lateſt period of her life. At the deceaſe of her aunt, when ſhe was in _—_
her twenty-fourth year, ſhe married her late dear 'huſband,, Mr. John
Favell, with whom [1 ſpent fifty- two years in the enjoyment of the higheſt,
felicity of context e They came together with a ſmall and
equal capital which they improved to a moderate competence, and exhibited
another inſtance of the power of honourable iyduſtry, when attended by the
bleſſing of heaven. As à wife, a mother, and à miſtreſs, ſhe now diſ-
played all the ſtrong energies of her character, and while the paid a ſtrict
attention to the duties of her cloſet and her family, ſhe took a leadip py | 1
important ſhare in the buſineſs, of the trade: no toil, no privation of Elt- + _
indulgence, no offices of kindneſs io her family, were deemed too much t ' =
Promote their happineſs: indeed, the vigour of her conftitutzon,. the un:
common ardour ot her affe&ions, and the ſtrong ſenſe of dependence upon
Providence, enabled her to do more than molt women in her ſtation. She
maintained the habit of walking with God (as ſhe called 1% by che Jays
| that is, the felt a conſtant ſenſe of divine goodneſs for daghy "tercies, ante” LIST
cultivated ſuch a foi , |

rit of gratitude for the ſmalleſt inſtances of ſucceſs iy

buſineG, that afforded her numerqus ſources of enjoyment which ſweetened -

all ber labours, and accuſtomed her mind to ſuch habiuual devotion as pre» The
pared it far every dilpenſation.. Although ſhe occupied that middle.fation

of life which is equally free from the trials of indigence and the anxieties

of ambition; and the favourite maxim of her wiches was, the. prayer of

Agur, vive me neither poverty nor riches, yet ſhe paſſed through ſome ſe-

vere exerciſes of the heart in the loſs of all her children, who died at an early
period, leaving her only. one fon, her preſent mournful ſurvivors *

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She was a member with Mr. Favell, of Mr. Hill's church at Three
Cranes, who was ſucceeded” by Mr. Pike. The ſermons publiſhed after
Mr. Hill's death were much eſteemed by her, and particularly thoſe on
atf.iQtive difpeniations, provela conſtant cordial to her under every trouble,
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as. profeſſors of Chriſtianity; their firm and unſhaken regard to the

lomi, and their benevolent regard to the poor faints. After 8 of

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were, the will of God, ſoon to follow him: and the infirmities of age came

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religion, the power of Chrifti;an comfort, and the faithfulneſsof God; w
. el. Bereft of à huſband, whom ſhe tenderly loved; al
ing furvived nearly all her relations, and almoſtall the friends of her YO,

With ſcarce any one to converſe with but her old ſervant#y (whoſe fidelity

the conſtant preſſure of diſeaſe; ſhe exhibited 4 character magnanimons and

ntly realizing drath, and rejoicing in hope of æverlaſtigg life;
of ber foul. ſparkted in thoſe eyes, which for eighty yrars' were never aided
by a glaſs, and flowed in à warm and animating ftrain'of-feriptural elo.
guence. Thougk ſhe” attained pot the triumphant faith of perſonal
aſſurance, ſhe had a firm faith of reliance oh Chrift for pardon} and juſtifics.
tion; © In herlaft ſufferings, which were very grievous, ſhe n ver forgot the
welfare of others, and. exprefſed the fame tender intereſt for her beloved

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ſon and her grandchildren, à few days before her death, that ſhe bad ever
pheen accuſtomed 1 75 Struck with a ſtate of apparent inſenſihility on
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S S1xTE ANNUAL MEETING, May 14, 15, and 16p5.
| WWHILE we ſurvey,” with painfo] emotions, the diſtracted ſtate of the
| world, groaning beneath the accufnulated miſeries of war, we con-

template with joy and gratitude,” the internal © tranquillity of our own

country; where, amidſt the numberleſs bleſſings we poſſeſs,” we account it
none of the leaſt, that we not gnly fit under our vine and fig-tree without

fear, but are permitted to aſſemble together in order to proſecute thoſe plans

of benevolence, which: the Lord has inclined us to deviſe,

' + Our readers Are not unacquainted with the Miſſionary events of the [aft
een ſo far from relaxing the energy of the Society, that they have called
forth the moſt active exertions of the religious public both at* home and
abroad. The proceedings of the Society, which we have now the pleaſure
of recording, will ſhow that their zeal is unabated, and that they are ſtill
proſecytme with vigor the noble objects of their inſtitution. |. ER
SurRY CHaPEL.—Wedneſday morning. Prayers, with ſuitably leſſons,
were read by the Rev. R. Hill. The ſermon was preached by the Rev.
Ebenezer Brown, of Inverkeithing, in Scotland, one of the ſons of the

late excellent Mr. John Brown, of Haddington, whoſe valuable writings
have embalmed his name in all the churches. Mr. Brown's text ws

2 Cor. v. 14. For the love of Chriſt conſtraineth us, &c. From this

text he took occafiun—1. To ſpeak about the dying love of Chrilt, which
be conſidered as an act of pure —

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ſolicited mercy; and of wonderful Hberality- 3. He pointed out the dus-
ties which the love of Chriſt excites us to perform, vit. receiving Chriſts

ordinances=poheying his laws—ſubmitting to his croſs—and ſtimolating
the Obriſtian to promote his intereſt. 3. He illuſtrated the manner

| which the dove of Chriſt conftraineth us to engage in his work ;' and here;

A alluding to the ſeveral explications of the öriginal word, 'conftrain, he
ſhowed, that it powerfully impreſſeth the human heart —it is a fingulas -
guard againſt practical error it conſtantly urgeth«to holineſs and, ſwiftly =

carries us on towards perfection. The ſermon cont luded wih an addr
to the aſſembly in general, and eſpecially to the Miſſionary Society; +? |

Extempore Lo) to s were offered up before and after the diſcourſe;-by
Mr. Waring, of R — wht . |
Were read by Mr. S. Burder, of St. Alban's, Mr. Boden,, of Tooting,

end ham, and Mr. Charrier, of Lancaſter, The hymns

and Mr. Audiey, of Cambridge. Ou the! r the Rev. Mr.
Ray, of Sadhury, preached at the Tabernacle, th

1. A diſcovery of the end which was to be accompliſned by the coming v

our Lord Jeſus : Chriſt— c they ſhall be bleſſed; this he conſidered as .
epitome of the goſpel, including all manner. of bleſſings, temporal, ſpiritual, -

and eternal. 2. The extent of che benefit promiſed in the tert, 9“ to all
the nations of the earth; and this was proved from the ſolemn. engage
ments into which the Father entered with the Lord Jeſus the grand ſoure

of the Refleemt?s-confolatiun under his ſufferings the commiſſion/which

- Chriſt gave to his diſciples; 'and the frequent repetition of ſimilar promiſes

under various diſpenſations. 3. Ihe ſubject was ops the avowed
deſign of the Mithonary Society, eſpecially as affording ſtrbng encoura

ment to their exertions. Prayers were offered up by Mr. *Atkinſon, of

Ipſwich, and Mr. Whitehead, of Creaton. The hymns were given out by
Mr. Tracy, of Goſport, Mr. Smith, of Brentwood, and Mr. Gardner,
of Cambridge. 2094, Oat, ee een e LD 0
The third devotional exerciſe was at Tottenham: Court Chapel, on
Thorſday evening. The prayers of the eſtabliſned church being read by
Mr. Edwards, the curate, the Rev. Mr. Grove preached from Luke xxiv.
47. * And that repentance and remiſſion of fins ſnouid be preached in his

name, among, all nations,: beginning at Jerutalem,?” ,..,, 1 -

Mr. G. ſhewed. 1. The nature of repentance, as including, in jt ſorrow

for fin, hatred to it, and turning from it unto God, and the inſeparable . .

connection between true repentance and divine forgiveneſs. 2. That re-
pentance and remiſſion of ſins are to be preached in Chriſt's hame, by his

authority and under his direction. 3. That theſe gocirines are to be
preached to all nations, beginning at Jeruſalem. This Mr. G. conſidered
as a proper warrant for Mithongry exert ions, and concluded with an ap-

propriate application. M. Geary, of Perth, and Mr. Taylor, of Col.

cheſter, engaged in prayer. The hymns were read by Mr. Sedcole, of

Swanage, Mr. Hockley, of Newport, Eſſex, and Mr. Exall, of Farnham.
On Friday morning the Society and a numerous congregation aſſembled
in the parith church of St. Leonard, Shoreditch; prayers having been read by

the Rev. Mt. Roſe, the curate of the church, the Rev. Mr. W. N |
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A. B. of High Wycombe, Bucks, preached on PC. ii. 8. of m

and I ſhal! give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the atteringk
parts of the earth for thy poſſeſſion.*” The principal heads of his diſ-
courſe were—1. The ſubjects of deliverance—** the heathen," the mi.
ſerable ſtate of whom was expoled, 2. The extent of the promiſe made in
the text.. the uttermoſt parts of the earth.” 3. The magnitude of the

bleſſing—« Chriſt's inheritance.” 4. The means by which the ms ;

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bleſſed . The ſubſtance of the diſtourſe Was compriſed in two particulars:

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Mr. Maſcley, of Long - Buckley, read the 255 5th hyma; Mr., Nicoll, of

London, addreſſed the congregation; Mr. Hopkins, of Linton, gave ouʒt

the 42d hyma; Mr, Wilks, of London, 3 and this er ths |

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Who love is us large as his po.- err, e

hifters, it is ſuppoſed, were among the numerous communicants, who were

compoſed of the members of a variety of chriſtian” ſocieties, and who re-
iced in this opportunity of teſtifying" at once their love to Jeſus and their
rethren. Gladly Taying aſide, upon this occafion, thoſe diſtinct ions,
_ which in the preſent imperfect ſtate ot the church cannot be altogether
voided; they aſſembled at the table of the Lord, to expreſs. the,union of
their Houls in him, and their determination;to concur. in the glorious work
n Tres abroad, in Py place, the ſavour of his ee name.

) MEETINGS ron THE DISPATCH OF PUBLIC BUSINESS.

HESSE were all held at the Rev. Mr. Brook ſbank's meeting - 6560 |

Haberdaſher's Hall. The firſt meeting was on Wedneſday afternoon, at
half. paſt three, Mr. Hardcaftle in the chair. After prayer for the Divine
bleſſing, the minutes, of the laſt annual meeting were read; hs alſo the

original plan of the Society. The report of the proceedings of the Direc-

tors during the laſt year, were read by Mr. Shrubſole, and approved ; and
the thanks of the Society were voted fo the Treaſurer and Secretary.

The ſecond meeting was held on Fhurſday morning, at ten © *clock,
when, according to the rules of the Society, the following Directors were,

7 lot, rendered 3 for the enſuing year. For London, the Rev.

Meſſrs.

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VMfeſtrs. R. Hin, Humphries, Steven, Waugh, ans Wins; Menn
Sims, Reyner, Foyſter, and J. Wilſon. For the country, the Rev.”

Meſſrs. Brewer, Blackhall,. Daviſon, Greatheed, Kingſbury, Lambert
Scott; Shtierle,. Dr. Williams; and 'W

A Committee was then deputed, to nominate a number of gen
fill up their places who Were uhdtiino

they haves re the appointment. ee t
Whilſt the Committee for nominating Directors was withdrawn, ſeyeral

Intereſting letters were read. Mr. Cook: preſented the ſum of 19]. 168% =
from Meſſis7 J. Witherick, Alex. Bennie; J. Craig, J. Chapman, W.

Gandie, G. Grimmer, Alex. Stewart, abd P. Dunn, feamen on bourd hig

Majeſty's ſhip the Bellerophon, s a donation to the Society, being the fit

diviſion/ of their prize money ariſing from the victory obtained over the

French fleet off Egypt, on the firſt of Auguſt, 1798, under the command of |

Lord Nelſon. oe BOB, FRG Se an
A very important object was now brought forward. It was propoſed,
and unanimonſly refolved, that a large edition of the New Teſtament in
French be printed, and circulated, as circumſtances may admit, throughout
France, Belgium, and ther countries here the French language is under=
ſtood, A diſſei tation en the inſpiration of the New Teſtament, and the
evidences of Chriſtianity, is to be prefixed. This propoſal; to diffuſe the
ſeripture in nations, where the genuine word of God has long been with- held

from the majority of the people, proved highly acceptable to the Society;

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and we doubt not will be accompanied by the prayers of our Britiſh Ilrae l. |

The third and laſt meeting of the Society was on Friday afternoon,
The plan of a Miſſionary Seminary, which had been the frequent ſubject of
conſideration among the Directors, Was intraduced, after a Jnitable-addreſs

upon the expediency of ſuch a meature, by the Rev. Mr. Waugh. This |

meaſvre was alſo highly approved and nnanimuoufly adopted by the whole

body, and affords us a pleaſing profpe&t, that the Society will hereby be

furniſhed with a number of valvable Miſſionaries, well qualified to preach
the everlaſting goſpel among the more poliſhed nations of the heathen.
world. A ſum, not exceeding zool. per annum, was voted for this inſti⸗
tution; and we are happy to add, that Mr. Haldane, of Edinburgh, and

Mr. R. Spear, of Mancheſter, have liberally offered 5o0l. to the Society |

tor the ſame uſeful purpoſe. ä „ N
Several new miſſions to the heathen were warmly recommended to the
Society, and by them referred to the Directors, who are empowered to carry
them into execution if cireumſtances admit.
We conclude this account with obſerving that the various meetings f.
public worſhip, on this occaſion, were as numerouſlly attended as ever, the
number of miniſters equally, great, and all the proceedings of the Society

conducted with the moit perfect harmony.

Monday, the 5th of laſt month, 12 Miſſionaries left London for Portſ,
mouth, to proceed on board the Royal Admiral, Capt W. Wilſon, Two
of whom were ordained, and the whole deſignated at Mr. Griffins.

On the roth of laſt menth Meſſrs. Anderſon and Read, and two Dutch-
men, left London to ſail on board the Marquis of Welleſley, Capt. Gordon
(the former owner of the ſhip. Duff) to the Cape, to join the South Atr
can Miſſionaries, which, after proceeding down channel, was, obliged, wit
the Royal Admiral, to return to St. Helen's through contrary winds. ,
Collections

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Brown; and for Ireland, the Rev. At. Walker of Dublin

of gentlemen to
| 1mouſly choſen by the Society. We ate”
not at liberty to preſent their names to the public; tiff it be knowh whether

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Dolletti⸗ 7 received. by the Treaſurer of ihe Miſſionary Society, from ;
net % 33 — © 2gih' Aprilto the 25th May, 1800 by: N \ 1% n 5
Rev. „ en b. and congrepation;/Duxford (eo ag „ 0
"Aa ditional. Py from the Welch Methodiſts, by jk”
2 Mr. Charles K 1525 e * 5 |
Rev. Mr. Taylor Dy Congregation, Colcheſter . Es we 13 23 6
Stirling Society for promoting the Spread; of the Goſpel amongſt 7!
5 the Heathen, by Rev. Mr. Campbell ee, eee $4: ee
Rer. W. 8. and Friends, Purbeck... PEE On HT OTTER ws 15 I 17 6 a

1 Mr. Harris and Nr Fordham "IQ 40 8 2A 9.6

Black 40 900 ie 0
Ker. G. Tobsen and 8 de 1 | ** 18 0
From Lancaſter, hy Rev. P. S. Charrier OWLS
Rev. J. Walker and Congregation, Peppard . 446 19:34 0
| Rev. Mr. Fowler's Friends, at Sheernei2?2? 133 4 6
XRev. Mr. Kingſbury and Friends, 88 5 | AT C2 .
8 Rer. Mr. 0 wo dar r 1 . Northampton- |
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. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.

OR readers will recolle& the formation of this nſeful wit 7 in a
laſt 3; ſince which time they have printed thirty four different TraQts, of
Which nearly 200,000 have been diſpoſed of, and the Committee have had

the ſat is faction to learn that the peruſal of them has i in many r in-
ſtances been eminently uſeful. ;

Soon after the eſtabliſhment of the Religious TFrat Society, another

Society was formed under the name of The Society: for diftributing
Evangelical Tracts gratis. The plans of theſe Societies being ſimilar,
_ and their objects virtually the ſame, the e diſtribution fall reli-

2 gious pieces, —it occurred to the Committees/of the reſpective Societies, that
2 union might be formed with reciprocal benefite, and with advantage to
the common cauſe. The Committee of the Religious Tract Society, there- .
fore, requeſted a conference, which has terminated in a cordial union, with
the approbation of the general body of the Subſcribers to both; by whom
2 joint Committee was choſen, and the Plan * agreed to, at a ge-

neral e 8

12855 THE PLAN. 75
| 1 Tbat this Society be denominated Tur RELIGrovs Tract 80.
CIETY, whoſe obje& ſhall be to 1 and diſtribute ſmall enn on es
purely religious.
II. That a donation of ten guineas conſtitute a embbr for liſe.
III. That every Annual Subſcriber be confidered a Member.
IV. That the Subſcription ſolicited be employed as a mean of enabling
the Society to diſtribute and ſel] the Tracts at a cheap rate.
V. That Subſcribers be entitled either to purchaſe any quantity of
Fracts at a reduced price, or to receive Tracts to the amount of two-thirds
of their Subſcription at the ſame rate.
VI. Thar a Committee be appointed in London, and 2 correſponding
Committee in different parts of the country, who ſhall have the care o
ſeled ing ſuitable Tracts, and of ſaperintending, Os their fit uations enable
| them, the printing and diſtribution,
N vn. That

VIII. Th
s will admit. f

Thurſday morning of the miffonary week, when a T |
and Committee ſhall be choſen. |
X. That the Tracts be paid for on delivery, | By

Thefollowing Gentlemen are the Committee for the preſent year in London:
Mr. T. Bates, Rev. J. Brookſbank, R. Cowie, Eſq, Mr. J. Duthoit»

reaſurer, Secretary,

Mr. G. Gouger, Mr. E. Gouldſmith, J. Hardcaftle, Eſq. Mr. Hayters |
r. J. Hoppuss

Rev. R. Hill, M. A. Mr. G. E 25677 Mr. T. Hodſon, !
Mr. 8. Jones, Mr. J. Jordan, . Macaulay, Eſq. 8. Mills, Eſq. ev.
W. Newman, Mr. T. Saddington, W. Shrubſole, Eſq. Mr. J. Tarn,
Rev. J. Townſend, Mr. W. Townfend, Rev. Mr, Wilks, Wilſon, Eſq.
Subſcriptions and communications (free of expence) will be thankfully
received by J. Reyner, Eſq. Treaſurer, Duck's Foot Lane, Thames Street,
London; Rev. J. Hughes, Secretary, Batterſea, Surrey; by all the Members
of the Committee ; and at the Depoſitory, __ | SG
The names of the 2 the Country will appear in a future

; number. * Api, . ö i % 3
N. B. The Subſcribers to“ The (late) Society for diſtributing Evan-
gelical Tracts, Gratis, have been informed by letter, that the Committee
of that Society have provided for the punctual fulfilment of their engage-
ments made with them previous to the Union. Applications for that pur-
poſe to be made to Mr. Tarn, Treaſurer, London Wall; or Mr. Jordan,
Secretary, Leadenhall-ſtreet. 2 :

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On Sunday evening, May 18, a ſermon was preached at Dr. Hunter's

Meeting-Houſe, London Wall, for the benefit, of this inſtitution, by the
Rev. Mr, Bogue, of Goſport, when a handſome collection was made. We
ſincerely hope this excellent diſcourſe will be ſhortly publiſhed.

Another Society was formed in the Miſſionary week, under the title of
The Society for promoting the Religious Inſtruction of Youth, a circular letter
addreſſed to the miniſters of the goſpel has been di an up, which, together
with an excellent addreſs on the important ſubject, will be ſent to the zeal-
ous friends” of religion all ovex the kingdom. We hops to give a more par-
ticular account of this inſtitution in a ſucceeding number,

EXTRACTS FROM DR. VANDERKEMP's JOURNAL,
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JOURNEY FROM THE CAPE TO ROODEZAND.
N JUNE 2oth, NES „

AFTER a froſty night, congealing all the field, whilſt we pulled down
| our tent ſeven hottentots came to us acroſs the field. Brother Vander.
| Kemp aſked them where they were going? they anſwered, not farther
than to you: this put us upon our guard, but they immediately aſſiſted

us in taking down the tent, and then placed themſelves around our fire.

Brother Vanderkemp afterwards returning from a walk, found William
Vol. VIII. Nn Brunt jie

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Blruntzie in a ſerious diſcourſe with them. One of them, whoſe name was
/ Courage, aſked Brother Vanderkemp, if it were not true that God had cre,”

- ated them as well as the chriſtians, andthe beaſts of the fields; ** for you ©
know (ſzid he) that the Dutch farmers teach us, that M never created vs,”
nor taketh any notice of us. Brother Vanderkemp then fat down, and
explained to him man's equaF miſery, and the way to'everlaſting happi.

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neſs through faith in Chrift, Under this diſcourſe he was very much af.
fected, and groancd, crying from time to time, O my pbor ſoul !O Lord
Jeſus look upon me! come to a poor ſinner, &c.“ and when we parted, he
took Bruntjie aſide, and ſaid, Father, 1'1} always remember theſe words,
and T'll go in all my diſtreſs to Jeſus, and after I have ſettled my affairs
with my maſter, I will follow you into Caffreland. We had the Fraka
all along on our left hand, making à very acute angle with our road, and
running N. W. and S. E. we croſſed it, and found it 166 feet broad;
keeping it then to our right hand, we encamped, before ſun ſetting, in 4
place where we found plenty of graſs, f.
21ſt. We had a very cold and froſty night, but the moſt quiet one we
ever enjoyed on our journey, being not at all diſturbed by the wild beaſts.
About ten o' clock departed, paſſed the Kauka, which we found 1 50 feet
broad. We ſaw herds of kwaggas, 'hares, and peacocks; and we en-
- eamped at four o'clock near a ſmall running river, called Loericfonteintivier
the bed of which was ſlate. ' Here we found plenty of wild cucumbers and
1 apples, which, as our hottentots told us, are of a purgative and |
anti bilious quality taken in a decoftion, n
22d. We had a reſtleſs night, as the wolves; kwaggas, and other animals,
diſturbed our ſleep, and more fo, the perpetual barking of our dogs, mingled
with the cries of our people. It froze pretty hard, and we found ice in our
coffee pot and kettle of a quarter of an inch thick. In the morning a
heavy fog roſe from the earth, which, reflecting the rays of the ſun, formed
a heautiful white rainbow - encircling our tent. Our oxen were driven
away by the wild beaſts, but recovered in the morning. At half-paſt nine
©'clock. we proceeded, and topped about five in the, afternoon in a place |
where no water was to be found. We ſaw this day hundreds of kwaggas,

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and a rock beautifully adorned with aloes in full bloſſom.

23d. The froſt continued ſevere. We heard this night ne wild beadts,

excepting kwaggas. We departed at balf-paſt nine o'clock, and entered the
Beeren valley, which is a yatt wilderneſs by itſelf. The many rivers which

eroſs it were almoſt all dried up. The valley is formed of coarſe ſand, \ |
mixed with earth, and covered with a thin layer of clay, ſimilar to what 1
the Dorch'cali ebſlyk. The beds of the rivers were filled with this clays. | t
aud in one of them we found ſtagnated water, and ice in it of 1-6th of an
incu thick. At twelve o'clock we ſto ped and untied Gur oxen and ſheep, }
| when had mo water all the foregoing 2 4 Here we faw many oſtriches. 8
24th, Litt night our fleep was entirely taken from us by the uninterrupt
ba King and howling of our dogs, haraſfing the wolves which crept round {
our tent and waggon, to which our ſheep were tied. The wolves did not 1
raile their uſual te, but kept a profound ſilence. In the morning tbe 5
water in our calabaſhes was frozen, the ink in the tent converted into 4 4
lu np ot ice, and the drops of water ſpilt upon the red mats, which ſeryed te
us fora-tabie, were at our brenktail, even in the ſun- ſhine, turned to ice.
day we faw many kwaz gas, ſteincocks, ſpringcocks, hares, and tl
oſtriches. We ſtopped in a plain near a river, called Hottentots river, in m
which we found only a little muddy water. e
28th. In the afternoon we ſaw the Sneeuwbergen N. E. from us. 4
The road was ſull of che fooſteps of a numerous company of bons WADE b:

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and the Boſcheſmen, who ſpared no body, we tied our oxen to the waggon!

been on a command againſt the Caffrees who had killed two C briſtians and

Matthys de Beer for a team of oxen, and encamped at the farm of Hen,

In the morning the ſteps of the lion were eafily diſcovered, as the rain had

people preſented us with bread and lemons, and we departed: On the bad

team, and paſſed again the Brakkefontein, which was dry at this place,

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before us. When it grew dark we ftopped at a place where we found.
ftanding water, and began to encamp, but tearing that the lions would have
choſen the ſame place, and diſpute with us the water in the night, and alſo
for the want of wood and grais, we decamped again and proceeded. one ,
hour farther, and there enjoyed a quiet night's reſt, tur obine dats ' \BYY
26th. We ſet out early in the morning, and e no more footſteps. _ Fw
of the lions on the road, which rendered it probable, that they had remained, © It
that night at the place where we firſt ſtopped. . We were now at the foot of
the Sneeuwhergen, and went through a mountainous country, having that
north from us, We dined in a cut in the mountains, called the Poort. Im-
mediately after we had paſſed the Brakkefontein, the water of which was
rfectly ſweet; we encamped on its delightful banks. In the night we
rd the roaring of lions, and as this place was much infeſted by tigers

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a hottentot, taken 52 ſaddles, 100 horſes, and 26 big coats. As our oxen.
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ſheep and two goats. We were at that time both awake, and heard the
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the houſe cf Mr, Jacobus Smit, where we flept. TS WEN
29th. In the morning we departed, in company of the family of the
houſe and another waggon. We croſſed the Zwarte river and the Zon-
dags river, in three different places. Further up towards its origin it
forms a half circle, in whole centre Graaft Reinet is placed. Here we pre-
ſented the letters of Governor Dundas to the Engliſh General Vander
Leur, and that of the Fiſcal Ryneveld to the Landdroſt Breſler. Having
read them both (the General being abſent) he received us with uncommon
civility, aſſured us of his aſſiſtance, and ordered an apartment in his houſe
to be mage ready for us. Rev. Mr. Ballot, Miniſter of Graaf Reinet,
viſited us, to whom we delivered a letter, written by Mr. Reyneveld. At

the houſe of Mr. Breſler alſo lodged Mr. London, commanding a detach-
ment of the Sth regt. of light dragons. Br . f
zoth. We heard Mr. Ballot preach on the 3d Sunday of Tie Heeds cate...
chiſm, to a congregation of about 150 people; and Brother Vanderkemp
baptized three children, from 6 to 14 years old. The Landdroſt, and the
ret of the people here, endeavoured to perſuade us to give up our plan of
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| gitng'to the Calfres beyond the great iſh river; ſtating the iinpraRicabllity |
of it For the preſent, and repreſenting the riſk we ane — of loſing our

/ lives by the hands of the faviges, both Caffres and Hottentots, Whoſe

minds were exaſperated againſt the Dutch and the Engliſh; and requeſting
that we ſhould ſtay on this fide, and either labour among the Chriſtians, or
P „ Caffres which ſhould flock toward us. We replied, we would
_ © © do nothing againſt the poſitive order of Government; but that as the G-
vernor had N us the liberty of executing our plan, we hoped that he
wonld not hinder us; that we would not enter into the country of the
Caffres without leave of their King Geika, but that having obtained this,
we ſhould not count out lives dear, if we ſhould loſe them in the command
-of our Lord; \mentioning at the fame time, hom wonderfully God had

guided us, and protected with his hand, and figniffing that we expected to
ſee more wonders than theſe. In this he acquieſced, and we agreed to
ſtay ſome days at Graaft Reinet, to get the neceſſary information to con-
duct our plan with all poſſible cireumſpectiobon Sg
We recômmend ourſelves and our dear Brethren Kicherer and Ed.
_ wards, who are going to the Boſcheſmen, to the prayers of our dear brethren
and fiſters, who love our Lord Jeſus: Chriſt in ſincerity. His grace be

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Extract of a Letter from the Rev. ., dated at Trumbull,

February 6, 1799, to his friend at Newbury: Port

t and Brother ⁰ . og
_ » THROUGH the kind hand of God, I arrived here yeſterday; I ſtop-
pred at Hartford, and preached five ſermons.” . ___ _ .]
| | The ſpirit of hearing at Hartford is greater than any cepreſentations
" which have been made. Young people of both ſexes flock by hundreds,
and the proſpect is flattering in the extreme. Conference meetings are held
every night in different private houſes. In Mr. Strong's ſociety, 60 are
thought to be under cohviction, and 20 have been e brought into
goſpel liberty. In Mr, Nelſon's 30, and ſome in Mr. Flint's. =
The range hold correſpondence one with another by letter, and with
"thoſe of the neighbouring towns. Hundreds are under ſome, ſerious con ·
cern, while hundreds more ſtand aſtoniſhed, and are ready to cry, © What
meaneth all this 2** - . 3 r
The Lord ſeems to have ſtepped out of the uſual path of Ordinances, to
effect this work more immediately in the diſplay of his almighty power
and out- pouring of his Spirit; probably to ſhow that the work is his own.”
It is not attended with noiſe and confuſion, but with ſolemnity and rever-
ence. No fire; no ruſhing wind; no earthquake: but a ſtill ſmall voice
goes before this wonderful work; no doubt, to hide pride from man. The
miniſters are ſtirred up to uncommon diligence and labour, ſo that they _
have ſcarcely time to prepare for public exerciſes. 5
The ſacred flame has ſpread into many neighbouring towns“, and the
ious are flocking into Hartford to be eye-witveſſes of this glorious work.
have felt myſelf ſo much engaged in preaching, viſiting and converſing
wich old and ygung, that my attention has been literally taken off from
Wife, Children, Flock, and bodily infirmities. O that my paſt time bad

= It is mentioned in a letter from a reſpectable character in Hartford, |
of April 25, that it has ſpread into nearly one hundred towns, |

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been better employed and filled than it has been. Should my health be
continued, L hope, by the grace of God, to ſpend my ſtrength wholly in
the Lord's cauſe, which carries its own reward with it. 1 „
Two hundred miles N. W. of Hartford, on the border of the Indian
nations, I am informed that the Lord is pouring out his Spirit plentifully.
The Aborigines flock. to hear the goſpe}, and fall under the word like Dagon
before the Ark. I haye ſeen a 2 from thoſe parts, who gives the
moſt flattering accounts, and informs, that very large numbers have been
added to the churches in that vicinity the laſt year. ater: To Woe
After a ſermon was finiſhed upon a late occaſion in the woods,/an Indian
Rood up with-tears in his eyes, and thus addreſſed the audience: I defire
to bleſs God, that white people ever came into this country. White people
brought the Bible, and the religion of Jeſus with them. White people
prayed for the converſion of the heathen, and I ſtand up this day as a live
ing witneſs. of the power of God's converting grace 1x anſwer to ther
prayer. Continue to pray for the converſion of more heathens, that they
alſo may be brought to the knowledge of Jeſus.“ | 3 1,

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LETTER FROM WALES.
; ; To the Editor. | | -
Nev. and dear Sir, Carnarwon, April 23d, 1800.
IN a letter from the Rev. George Lewis, which appeared in the Evan-
gelical a = 9: for January laſt, yon were informed of a plan the con-
gregational churches and miniſters in North Wales had reſolved upon, with
a view to the further ſpread of the goſpel in theſe parts. Knowing that
our means were inadequate, we were obhged to ſolicit the aid of our Nelles
Chriſtians in England, and bleffed be the Lord, our expectations and
prayers have not been altogether in vain; for ſome, whoſe hearts burn
with zeal for God and the ſalvation of periſhing ſinners, readily came for-
ward to our aſſiſtance in our important deſign.— The Almighty reward
them in time and eternity! „ PUG ng BG 5
The Committee appointed tb carry the ſaid plan into effect, beg leave,
through the medium of the Evangelical Magazine, to return their un-
feigned thanks to an unknown benefactor in London, whoſe initials are
P. T. G. for a donation of 201. and aſſure him that the favour confided -
to them, (hall be conſcientiouſly laid out in all Soffible contormity to his
pious intentions. 2 | . 5
I remain, dear Sir, in the name of the Committee,
EN ts Your moſt ovedient humble Servant,
FEY IHN GRISFITHS,

ASSOCIATIONS.

WEST KENT.

The half-yearly meeting of the Diſſenting Mininiſters in the weſtern
diviſon of Kent, united for promoting the ſpread of the goſpel, was
held on Tueſday, April 8, at the Rev. Mr. Ralph's meeting . Maid-
one. The great object of the union was attended to, and the pecuniary
affairs ſettled, The utility of this Aſſociation appeared from what has

been already done, and a proſpect of further uſefulneſs affords encourage- -

ment for perſeverance. Several of the brethren engaged in prayer, and

to ſermons were preached on the occaſion, the former by Mr, Beaufoy,

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much harmony prevails among the miniſters z 9 that we have N e e

to preach in the morning, and Mr. Aitkin, of Canterbury, 3 in "oy cm |

- Mr. Fuller, of Bax Moor. A ſermon was preached, very pertinent to the 5
; eccafion, by Mr. A. Bar field, of Aſhwell, from 1 Cor. iii. 6. and the

neſs of the Aſſociation, was tranſacted in the afternoon, when this infant
inſtitution was conſiderably ſtrengthened by. the addition of ſeveral reſpec-

| Stortford, engaged in prayer. The ſermon, was preached by Mr. W.

the Sunday ſchool” children of Chatham, and the neighbouring towns, 4
— pews below, After ſervice the children continued for ſometime ſing-

Aa laitivg advantage to the riſing generation,

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RELIGIOUS. INTELLI or nen.

next meeting is appointed to be held at the ſame 91 0 on Tueſday,
the 28th of Oftoher next, at ten in the forenoon, and the brethren. Knott,
Chatham, and Morris, of Eynsford, are to ones LE one at. three i in *
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at St. Pete 8, when Mr. Atwood, of Folkftone; preached 1 in the morning, 5

from Pſalm cxxxin. x. and Mr. Gore, of Sandwich, in the evening, from
1 John iv. 14. Mr. Gurteen, of Canterbury, preached. the preceding

evening, from Pſalm.viii. 4.

We are happy to find that theſe meetings are well attended, "nd, that :

found them profitable to our fouls.
The next meeting to be held at Eyvhorn, Avg. 55 Mr. Porey, of. Dover,

Is caſe of . Meſſrs. Parnell and Noo.

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HERTFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION.

On Wedneſday, April 16, the independent miniſters: of this county
held their annual aſſociation at the Rev. S. Burder's meeting, St. Alban's.
The ſervice in the, morning was opened (after ſinging) with prayer, by

ſervice was concluded with prayer by the minifters of the place. Thebufi- |

table miniſters. The ſervice of the evening cloſed the tranſactians of this
meeting. Mr. J. Criſp, of Hertford, and Mr. W. Chaplin, of Bichop |

Wall, in London, from Heb: ix. 23. The next meeting of the aſſociation
3s to be at Hens, on the Wedneſday * 9 n in *
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"KENT SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
On Thurſday evening, the 24th of April, the Rev. R. Hill preached 6

ſuitable and impreſſive ſermon; from Mark x. 13, 14, 15, and 16.; and
though the weather was very wet, and many of the children had a long
way to Walk, upwards of 400 of them attended, and were placed in the
galleries of Mr. Slatterie's meeting; while a crouded auditory occupied

g hymns, with much propriety, ahd greatly to the ſatisfaQion of thoſe
74 aid to bear them. \ ;
The Sunday ſchools in theſe towns are carried on with uncommon zeal, _
are well attended, and promiſe fair, under the divine dees. of becoming

we are informed that the KENTISH ASSOCIATION will hold their_an-
nual meeting at Deal, the Wedneſday after the firſt Sabbath in July. Mr.

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And looking, with a brother's eye, 1 e 3 1. 1
On ev*ry race, in evry clime, - _ ON THE RETURN of RG. 11
Wept o'er the millions wandering far | = | :
In night, that knows no cheering ſtar; | The Zartb is ole of hes grodneſs of the ATE
And, while ye ſhed compaſſi on's tear, _ ' 1908 i}
Hope ſmiling bade your boſoms glow: EE, lovely Spring again appear, 1
She pointed to the promis "4 Years : And with her ſmile all nature cheers, 1 4 7
When war ſhall ceaſe, and ev'ry woe; Diffuſing joy abroad; 1
Men live as brethren, live to trcacke | While foſt' ring rays, and genial ſhow” 155 1 4 45
The wonders of redeeming grace. _ | Withrip'aing fruits, and blooming flow'rs, n
cbeer „ Proclaim— A faithful God! | l
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To ſpread afar celeſtial light, ; | Fair emblem of thar wond'rous pow'r, Mi {4
To raiſe the groy'ling joys ot. man, | 4 Which, in the Lord's appointed hour, f 15 11
And diflipate his mental night ; +. { Bids the dead ſoul revive 3 bY
Hell ſcornful heard the bleſt decrees Then, where each -Hoxious: weed was 1
Vet trembling ſaw her captive fre. found, 1
Wh The fruits or Paradiſe around | WES i
ile ſome, at duty's call, remain in cet ſuccelion <2 | 1
To guide their kindred wand'rers home, mods FA ; =o
See, where the ſelf. deny ing train My Saviour, to this droopiag heart WEN
In ſavage regions tearieſs roam Thy gracious influence impart, RAE
Their conſecrated banner rear, Te | And let it live to thee. 1 5 15 13
Unſullied by che Widow's tear! So ſhall the wilderneſs. rejoice, 1
Belov'd of Heaven ! ye felt'the pow "= REID pant F ro W 8 4
Of triendchip's ſtrong endearing ties; oo in Arne! {abs 1 CM 7
Yet, in that agenizing hour, Behold thy faithful ſervants wait 1
When all -your words were tears 204 With longing eyes, at wiſdom' 3 1 15
ſighs, 3s Thy ſaving health to prove.“ 1
How many a dear Congenial i I Water the ſeed ic e have ſown, 1 544
For Zion's glory ye relign'd ! 525 And make thyſelf ta millions known ä A
Exu! ting in Immanuei's cauſe, The God of rguth and love. 0 . is #1
Fum, unafſailed 1: y flivith fear; Let Afric's wilds, and ſouthern ine, [BS]
Regardleſs of the W labs applauſe, | Share in the great Redeemer's ſmiles, os
Its angry trown, its mpious ſneerg And hai] the Almighty, King. WW
You heaven' 5 direQting path purſue, . To diſtant climes thy glory ſhow, .
Tho' perils riſe in ev "ry view. rin! the whole univerſe. ſhall-know . i.
Where' er ye wander, Zion turns, One beauteous endleſs lp ring. 16 7.5
Wich anxious look, your eps to trace; I OV | K. USE
Sighs while ye ſigh, and raptur'd burns, K ; 2 8
Wien glad ye hail the fruits of grace. HEN
Confiding i tn the Eternai's care, [Tas Mrs enen SOCIETY! : PATENT, 808
For you the breathes the frequent prayer. N cii. 13, 14, &c. 1
And thou wilt liſten, Power Divine! TY ſoul indulge the hope, 1
When Zion's hallow'd prayers aſcend. The happy time draws near, ED
O! bethe glory ever thine, © When God will build his Zion up, „
While to the earth's re moteſt end Aud teach the world his fear. iff -
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Scarce one diſſenting voice | as ö An R Baeſt I — have ſought, -
Theo“ all her tribes we hear, — 42 gladly would my ſoul*be brought
- Bot diftant lands with us _ |. + Where wiſdom doth reſide. a
And feel & intereſis dear. Ie hallF zal tun, 12 442
w. ſee th* unerring ſign, ly Orfrom the tradeſmam (hell Fleaen
And will not God ariſe? I ©True wiſdom to obtain?
He bids his faints their voices jola, - Or ſhall fearch in Tplendid counts
— attend their n. To ſee if wiſdom' there: reſorts, '
ee ſhall Chriſt be Koen, RES And thus her treaſures gain 45
And heathen lands ſhall ſee ' | 1 ſhe with tickes to be bobght,
ha” ſtoop to hear the pris ners groan, Or how ſucceſsful tobe ſought, |
WA, 0 Re bim free. Who can the gift beſtow? ®.-
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to 4 i Friend i in i the ; Miniftry on the | To #ifdom's dwelling, teſt Fray
Dayef bis Marriage. \ To folly's dark ig Ft . .
CCE on Th W ee In charming accents. thus it ſpeaks,
1 (err, e iN While through the gloomy miſt it breaks
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ſmiling peace 1 rue wiſdom is to fear t rd,
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To brighter realms above!

The Saviour at a marriage tan "MN of 7 [*

: „ 88 This wiſdom does frotf God deſcend,

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_ Who turn's it into wine.

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ill we in heav'n appear:
Still ig our joys he bears a part,
Our ſorrows touch his gracious "wy
For he is ever hear
Not-only on this feſtive day,
But as you tread life's thorny way,
May each his bleſſing hive.
From your abode may diſcord fly,
"ag grace, deſtending from on high, -
heav*nly joys prepare.
Each others burthens may you bear,

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Tin call'd from earth away:

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To walk the heswnly way,

« And will bur wand'ring fouls befriend
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« Tis pure, and peaceable, and meek,
4 Its bleffed fruits its author ſpeak,

| „And all its glory ſhaw.”

O may it ever be my pray EI.

That I this bleſſed gift may thare,

; And thas be truly Wiſe: -
= ife for both Worlds | and bleſſed be

Fn time, and through eternity,

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| bers. Diſtruſt! I ſhall have cloaths and

7 bread, |
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R. SWANSTON was the edeſt-ſon, of the Rer.

John Swanſton, Miniſter of the Affſoeiate Congrega-
tion, at Kinrofs, in Scotland, and ſometime profeſſor of di-
vinity under the Affociate Synod. After having acquired the
knowledge of the Latin, language; st the:grammar-ſchool at
Perth, he attended the-uniyerſity-of- Edinburgh:;1and in the

progreſs of his education, diſtipguiſhed bimſelf by love of li-

terature, attention: to his ſtudies, and capaęity for im proves
ment in uſeful knowledge, When he had fniſhed the pre-
paratory courſe of academical inſtrucion; he. entered on the

ltudy of theology, which he proſecuted under the direction of

the Rev. John Brown, of, Haddington,. Who conceived an
high idea of his talents-and*qualifications for the ſervice of

God. in the Goſpel of his Son! At the cloſe of the period,

uſually devoted among that body of Chriſtians to theological
ſtudies, he was admitted to trial, for licence, (to preach the

Goſpel, and give evidence to the- Church of fiineſs to be

called to the miniſtry of the word) before the Aſſociate Preſ-
bytery of Dumfermline, and, by the diſcourſes which he de-
livered, raiſed in every mind the higheſt hopes of his future
uſefulneſs. I

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it, either with ſafety to himſelf, or benefit to the Church of

Chriſt. Theſe reflections iſſued in deep, convictions of his
own unworthineſs, and awful apprehenſions of divine wrath.

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ſome time, the diſſolution of his frame. All thoughts of 3
coming a preacher were now abaridoned, and abſorbed in the
inquiry, — What ſhall I do to be ſaved?” The terrors of
the Almighty diſtracted his ſoul, and drove him t the moſt
deſperate concluſions. He would ſometimes abſtain from
by yer and other religious duties, from an apprehenſion that,
y engaging in them, he fhould only incur the guilt of pro-
' fanity. He was afraid to look into his Bible; for he ima-
| ines that there remained nothing for him, but < a fearful
king for of judgment and fiery indignation.” Some pleams
of hope, however, would at times break in upon his mind,
from the conſideration of al riches of divine, mercy, and the
grace and all- ſufficieney of Chriſt ; but though the diſtreſs
of his ſoul became leſs violent, he continued for a conſider-
able time in a very diſconſolate ſtate. The Lord, however,
interpoſed for his relief, by giving him fuch a difcovery of his
glory in the face of Jeſus Chrift, as diſſipated his fears, and
filled him with joy and peace in believing. _
8 This happy aſteration in the ſtate of his mind, ts Aetkiion:
Tedged by him, in a letter to a friend, dated Dec. 45 1778, of
which the following is an extract:

« My dear friend, you know what deſperate concluſions
I was wont, on forae occaſions, to draw againſt myſelf, and
how poſitive I was in *them ; yet, through the goodneſs of

God, I have lived to ſee that they were groundleſs; and how-
ever defective my paſt experience, or preſent exerciſes,
may be, I am fully convinced, that it is my duty to believe,
that, through the grace of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, I ſhall be
faved, even as others. I doubt not but what J have men-
' tioned will give you real pleaſure, and that you will be dll-
poſed to glorify God in me.

It was not long after this, that he was as prevailed on to ae-
cept of licence to preach the Goſpel. As a public teacher, it
vas his great object to lead his hearers directly to the oracles
of God for all their religious views and prineiples, and to im-
preſs their conſciences with the authority and majeſty of
divine truth ; and theſe ends he conceived were moſt likely
to be gained by a ſimple and N ee of the
ſacred ſcriptures.

He had not been long employed in a public capacity, ere
he roſe very high, in the eſteem of all who were within
the reach of his inſtructions. The aſſociate congregation o

Perth, one of the largeſt and oldeſt in the ſeceſſion, after
f | | receiving

| MEMOIR or ANDREW SWANSTON, ' 267
receiving a ſpecimen of his gifts, unanimouſly called him

to be their miniſter, and had the near proſpect of enjoying

the benefit of his ſtated lahouts; but the paſtoral relation be-
tween him and them was never formed; for at this time he
began to N of the divine authority of the preſbyterial
form of church government, and at length gave up all con-
nections with the ſeceſſion. Not long after, he embraced

the views of the antipædobaptiſts, and was admitted a mem

ber of their communion. A difference of ſentiment, how
ever, took place between him and his antipædopatiſt bre-

thren, and on this account they ſecluded him from their ſo-

ciety.- He ſtill retained, notwithſtanding that difference, the
characteriſtical views of thoſe Chriſtians; and employed
himſelf, as he found opportunity, in preaching the Goſpel of
the kingdom. To this ſervice he may be ſaid to have falien
a ſacrifice ; for it was while he was employed in it, that he
caught a ſevere cold, from which he never recovered. His
conſtitution, which was always delicate, ſoon exhidired
ſtrong ſymptoms of a conſumption; and his friends now be-
held, with deep concern, his diffolution faſt approaching. He
died at Glaſgow, on the 15th of November, 1784, in the
thirty-third year of his age, expreſſing entire refignation te
the will of his hezvenly Father, and confident'expeQation of
his own future felicity. All is well, all is well, were the laſt
words which he was heard to utter. |

His character muſt be- ill freſh in the remembrance of

thoſe who had the happineſs of being acquainted with him;
but for the ſake of others, the following delineation of it

may not be unneceſſary. - . |
His underſtanding was uncommonly acute and penetrating,
clearly apprehending divine truths in their various relations
and conſequences. His powers of difcrimination were ſtrong,
by which he readily perceived what was proper to be faid or
omitted in the illuſtration of his ſubject. His luminous con-
ceptions of divine truth enabled him to expreſs them in lan-
guage at once perſpicuous and forcible. His taſte was juſt,
and capable of giving elegance to his compoſitions, if this
had been the object of his ſtudy. He was cautious in ad-
mitting religious principles, while he perceived not the evi-
dence of their truth; but when that evidence preſented itſelf
to his mind, he was reſolute in adhering to them, and ready
to profeſs them at the expence of all that was dear to him.
To the authority of God, ſpeaking in the ſcriptures,
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implicit obedience ; but he mid not ſuffer human authority |
to dictate to him in matters of religion, One i your Maſter,

even Chriſt, was a ſaying which he held in protound venera-
tion. he love of Chriſt, in redeeming him by,his blood,
appeared marvellous in his eyes, ſtrongly affected his heart,

and obtained a commanding influence over his conduct. To
the honour of his Redeemer, he was ready to mae the moſt |

expenſive ſacrifices. - Things not ſeen and eternal. were per-
ceived by him in a ſtrong and impreſſive light, gave a noble
elevation to his mind, and made him look with holy indif-
ference on the honours, and pleaſures; and advantages of the
world. His manner of life declared plainly, thai he ſought

another and a better country; and .few of the Saints have at-

' tained to that degree of heavenly mindedneſs WER was con-
| fpicuous in his converſation. |

In ſocial intercourſe, he was diſtinguiſhed by a degree of.

ſuavity of manners peculiarly engaging. Modeſt, affable,
polite, gentle, and amiable, he never failed. to riſe in the

eſteem and affections of thoſe with whom he converſed. His

great humility made him reſpect the ſentiments of others
who were inferior to himſelf in underſtanding; while his

happy talent. of teizing openings for introducing agreeable
, and uſeful hints, or improving on thoſe of others, rendered

his converſation at once entertaining and edifying. In ra-

tional, moral, and religious converſation, he greatly de-

lighted; and no one retired from his company, wirhout feel-
ing pleaſure or reaping improvement.
His manner, as a public ſpeaker, was ſimple and el

earneſt and impreſſive, indicating the powerful hold which his

ſubject had taken of his own mind, and calculated to call off
the attention of his hearers from himſelf to the all-intereſting
truths which he was declaring. He declared the counſel of

God with a degree of plainneſs which met the apprehenſions

of ordinary capacities, and, at the ſame time, with ſuch dig-

nity as commanded the reſpect, and ſecured the approbation,

of the more intelligent part of his audience. His action was

eaſy and natural, ariſing from the impulſe of the moment,
and ſerving to expreſs the feelings of his ſoul. Serious and

Judicious Chriſtians, after hearing him, felt a diſpoſition to

ſay, Thanks be to Gd for the glorious Goſpel of our ſalvation ; ;
and may the 3 the was "ſend forth many eck labourers

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'N' this, hour of langvor and indiſpolitiag,, which. loy

calls upon me to,zemember the weakneſs and mortality, g
this tabernacle of clay, it behoves thee,

truſions of buſineſs qr amuſement, and, { on
the wings of meditatien to meet that ſolemn. period, when
this frail body, mal eee the: bed of deat!
and thou ſhalt 1ake, a nal. farewe (as to this world)

the companion, ho has for ſo long a ſeaſon mimi
wants, and ſhared, thy joys and ſorrous. Bebo TEE
with pain, and ſinking under the pteſſure of weakneſs, f

ing a haſiy victim io the adden attack of ſame \inveterate ©
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curable maladyj-. at | this momentous
appears. to be, as indeed it is, lighter than yanity irſelf ; and
could I haye attained the higheſt pinnacle of human honour
or amaſſed riches enough to Hill the univerſe, all wauld be of

diſcaſe, or gradually.decaying under ſome lingering,” but; in
e The, yorl, .

as litile importance as the ſmall duſt in he balance; eternity,
and eternity alone, is now. the object of my attention. Per-

haps ſome dear, ſome much - loved friend, may watch in ſilent
grief my, dying pillow, and anticipate with weeping eyes, the

moment when even the {trang ties of friendſhip ſhall be rent

in ſunder; or it, may be, I ſhall enjoy no ſuch invaluable pri.
vilege, but the laſt mournful offices will be left to thoſe whole

buſineſs it is to attend the fick and dying chamber, and whom
habit has rendered indifferent to human woe; but this,
trong as are the emotions of nature un ſuch reflections) eren
this, is comparatively unimportant. If thou, O Friend 2
ſinners, Saviour of Men! if thou art but . preſent in that

eventful hour, all ſhall be well; ſmoothed by thy ntle hand,
my dying pillow ſhall. be ſofter than the fineſt. down ; ſpp-

Ported by thy victorious arm, I ſhall triumph over Death and

all his gloomy attendants, and, reclined on thy compaſſionate

boſom, I ſhall enjoy fweeter reſt than ever was experienced
by the worldling in his happieſt moments of health and

tumultuous Joy. B | OF fe
The period of diſſolution now approaches; let me anti-
Cipate the awful moment. Theſe eyes, which have ſo often
been the organs to convey inſtruction and delight to the mind,
can no longer diſtinguiſh ſurrounding objects; the film of
Von. VEE =; „ | death

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darkneſs! This tongue, which lately rejoiced to unite with
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goodnefs 10 all who may approach my: bed, and if I am in-

praifes, affiſt me at leaſt to whiſper

aved the throbbing boſom, the painful fttuggle now is over; |
fettefhgre broken, thy priſon doors thrown open! and
tied from thy long confinement; but who can

peak the aſtoniſh̃ment of the diſembodied ſpirit, or deferibe
the ſcenes which now open 1 % view? A moment thou

| eſs clay from which thou
art juſt eſcaped but ſoon, turning thy attention to what fo
milch better deferves it, thou ſhalt ſoar far above theſe lower

regions, and wing thy rapid way to brighter worlds; new

beanties break upon thee as thou advanceſt, while miniſter-

felicitate ther on thy 'emancipation. This wondrous
ball, crowded with ſo many my riads of buſy mortals, leſſens
to thy view till'F appears but like a floating atom. The
ſtarry orbs attract thy notice as thou paſſeſt, but theſe too
thou ſhalt leave far, far behind ; and, now behold! the por-
tals of heaven appear, and the paſſport is demanded by
which thou Canſt claim admiſſion into the realms of endleſs
bliſs. What haſt thou to produce? nothing nothing but
the name of IEsus. Unworthy in myſelf, mayeſt thou ſay,
Of any portfon but everlaſting miſery, I plead only what
Chriſt has done'and ſuffered'on my behalf: he paid upon the

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cCroſs the full amount of my debt to divine juſtice, and it is

in virtue of a vital union with him, my living head, that I.
ſolicit an entrance here.” The plea is accepted in the courts
of heaven, and the ſhining gates are unbarred, and now thou

art privileged with a ſeat among the bleſſed. All the ſur-
Founding objects claim thy admiration; but, behold in the
"midſt of yon reſplendent glory is the throne of God and

of the Lamb; hither, with tranſport unknown to Angels,
thou flieſt, and, in humble proſtration, breatheſt forth the

overflowing gratitude and adoration, which, through eterna

ages, ſhall tune thy golden harp, and ſwell thy notes of

praiſe.

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reverſe. the ſcene, and ſuppoſe myſelf at the point of launch-
ing into eternity, without an intereſt in redeeming love, 2 -

acquainted with a Saviour's name, unwaſhed in his blood,
unconcerned in the bleſſings, of his ſalvation. ; The ſoul, dif-

tracted at the proſpect of an eternal duration, ig which the
has nothing to hope for but miſery, cleaves to t iy which
has engroſſed all her cares, and ſtruggles hard fo life, but all
in vain. Forced to quit her n tenement, ſhe groans
in deep deſpair; then, without any ſupport from that God
whom in lite ſhe diſregarded, and whom ſhe can now only

_ conſider as an angry Judge: without one pitying angel to

mitigate her agonies, ſhe looks in vain to heaven, and ſinks

in endleſs ruin!! | I can purſue the awful idea no farther !
O all merciful God, ſave me, fave every one of my readers,

from ever realizing the dreadful picture; and grant that we

may all in time ſecureatrintereſt in that dear Redeemer, who

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ſeek the glory he has made them for. Why do ye mourn, ye

children of light, to whom belong the promiſes of bliſs?
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ſweetneſs of hope, and. hereafter ſhall be ſatisfied with the
fullnefs of fruition, what can moleſt your happy ſtate, whom
the God of glory has choſen. for himſelf; whom he has
adopted into his honourable family, and deſigned for heirs of
the kingdom of heaven? That bleſſed kingdom where all de-
lights abound, and whence ſorrows and tears are for ever ba-
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21t hall Wy, love and. peace, and all endure-for erernal

_ Yweet is the yoke of thy love, O Jeſus; and light is the
5 durden of thy commands. But, Olchow far ore rick are

N . Wards, when every divine virtue in us ſhall there be re-
wWwarged with its propet crown and glory? The humble there

mall be highly rel and the poor in ſpirit (hall be pre-

fFerted io de fing. The meek ſhall poſſeſs the holy land, and
the mourners he comforted with eternal refreſhments. The

leon of heart Thall fee the God of purity, and the lovers of

| gerand thirſt after righteouſneſs ſhall be Filled, and the Nerti-

fol will be entertained with the ind embraces of merry. They

' "who ſuffer perſecution for righteouſheſs ſake ſhall receive a
great reward. They ſhall bleſs each charitable hand that

Vas affſtznt to their happineſs. They ſhall praiſe and ad.

mire the provident mercies of their God, and ſing aloud the

44 ls this the reward of the little pains we took ? Are theſe
rhe repairs for the petty loſſes we ſuffered ?' Happy we who
| [denied ourſelves. a few toys, and are now advanced to theſe

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| high felicities. Millions of years ſhall paſs away, and our

glory ſhall but then ſeem to begin: yea, when millions of
millions are paſt, our glory ſhall be no nearer to its end
No. IV. ORIGINAL LETTER FROM THE LATE
MV. MR. BEDDOME. ++

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Apes; Let then the fervants of our Lord rejoice and ſing,

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thy faithful promiſes? how infinitely: greater thy glorious re-

victories of bis grace.” With joyful wonder they ſhall fay, -

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to bave my pen, my tongue, my life, all breathe, ſpeak, nay,

aloud the Lord Jeſus Chriſt," the wonders of his

N is love and riches of his ſovereign grace. F want more
_of that erty of ſpirit whereby a-Chriſtian ſees his own ſin

and — and yet hopes in God's merey; ; performs duties,
and yet docs not truſt in them; afcribes all his failings to him

ſelf, and all his excellencies to Jeſus Chriſt: but why ſhould

I multiply particulars? In all the lives that I have read, and
they ate not a few, I never met with ſo wanting, and yet ſo

undeſerving a creature as myſelf. The Lord lead me to the
h as a man

fulneſs of Jeſus Chriſt, not to make uſe of
does of his deeds, donde, and other ſecuriti

for” money,

which be looks upon, perhaps, once in a long ſeaſon, to ſee
whether they are ſafe, and then takes no further thought
about them; but I would live upon Chriſt as a man does

upon his daily bread. I am ſatisfied that religion will never

flouriſh in my ſoul till Lam enabled ſo to do; for all religion
begins in the knowledge of him, thrives by communion with

him, and will be compleated in the enjoyment of him.
Chriſt is the Chfiſtian's All. Sometimes I think I can ſay as
the Church—Ifa. xxvi. 18. Ja in the way | thy judgments,
&e.“ but I want to ſay as ſhe does—Cantic. Hii. 4. It was
but a little that I paſſed, & .“ Yet will! wait God's time, for
that is beſt, . and the longer the mercy is delayed the more
welcome will it be when it comes. Beſides, we are told the
Lord is good to them who wait for him, to the ſoul which
ſeeketh him: | May you know but little of the diſtreſſes T
ſometimes feel, and muck of the bcomforts for which T jog

and wait, ALL

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pu the end he propoſed." In a Words hes would have-endeds
pFoured to haye anſwered the raiſed expectations of the Jews

him a king, he fled from them, and uniformly declared that
his kingdom was not of this world.“ Though he was
Lord of all, we hear him ſay, The foxes have holes, and
the birds of the air neſts, but the Son of Man hath not where
to lay his head. Nor has he taught any of his diſciples to
expect worldly advantage from embracing his intereſt; in
his reſpect he has left the foundation of virtue and religion
\ entire. No dgubt. if he were conſtantly to feed his diſciples
with loaves and fiſhes; if he were to beſtow upon them
abundance of wealth and honour;' if he were to grant them
crowns and ſceptres; if he were to fit his doctrines and pre-
cepts to their corrupt propenſities, and make the way to he-
ven broad inſtead of narrow, he would have many more fol-
lowers, the work of his miniſters would be eaſy, his
churches would be full, and all would flock to kis ſtandard.
But let us attend to ſome of the ſtanding laws of this king-
dom: If any man will be my diſciple, he muſt take up his
* _ ' croſs and deny himſelf, and follow me. In the world ye ſhall
= have tribulation.” Though our fins ſhould be as dear to us
zs our eye or hand, we muſt part with them for his fake;
' Nay, all that is dear to us muſt be deemed nothing, when put
in competition with his honour; and we are not worthy the
18 e of being his diſciples, unleſs we can ſacrifice all things

t him. Can any thing ſhort of principle engage us to be
the ſervants of Chriſt? Is there any bribery in his religion?
Can he reaſonably expect the crown who is not willing to
endure the croſs? Let no Chriſtian wonder or be diſmayed
at his ſufferings. This is the ſtate of trial, and not of reward.
Let him not murmur at the providence of God, becauſe good
men are afflicted, and bad men often proſper. The wicked
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bee no changes, and therefore they fear not God.“ 'Thiey
; oe their Portion in this life. Nor let any be deterred frot

g in the Lords ſervice from this repreſentation, for,

"1 5 religion is attended with difficulties, and requires la-
| Liitives: yet it brings infinite bleflings to the ſoul—* it is the

ſoul of happineſs.”
peace; O taſte and ſee that the Lord is good. Let“

deluded infidels reflect on the diſintereſted Janet of Chriſt
and the true nature of his Mg and deer and de ſilent for

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deep ſenſe of the importance; and practicabiliry of Enlighten-
ing the Heathen, ought to be cireulated through chahnels the

moſt ex tenſive. You'll oY mes ONTO by: the inſer⸗
tion af {he following n . M. i, ir;
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idea of the wealth and power of the Etwropeans, I

afraid that the Mahometan converts among them think

but very lightly. of our ſuperior attainments in religious

knowledge. The white traders in the maritime diſtricts

take no pains to counteract this unhappy. prejudice; always

| 22 their own devotions in ſecret, and ſeldom conde-

| feending to converſe with the Negroes in a friendly and in-
ſtructive manner. To me, therefore, it was not ſo much the
ſubject of wonder, as matter of regret, to obſerve, that while
the ſuperſtition, of Mahomet has, in this manner,. ſcattered 2
few faint beams of learning among theſe poor people, the
precious light of Chriftiattily is altogether excluded. I could not
but Naa that although the Coaſt of Africa has now been
known and frequented by the Europeans for more than two

hundred years, yet the Negroes ſtill remain entire flrangers o

the doctrines of our holy religion. We are anxious to draw 14
obſcurity the opinions and records of antiquity, the beauties
Arabian and Aſiatic literature, &c. But while our libraries are
thus ſtored with the learning of various countries, we diſtribute
with a parſimonious hand the bleſſings of religious truth, to
the benighted nations of the earth. The natives of Aſia de-
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T7 VANGELICAL Peace implies. reconciliation betwixt
od and man. Sinners, by nature, are enemies totheit
maker; and for this reaſun . God is angry with them every
gay.“ But Jeſus is 9 glorious Mediator, who, by his death,
has opened a way for the honourable exerciſe of mercy on
_ God's part; and, by the powerful agency of his Spirit, makes
His people willing to receive the atonement, to lay down
the weapons of their unreaſonable oppoſition to the cauſe of
Heaven, and chearfully to yield themſelves to the ſervice of
their moſt righteous Sovereign. Hence ariſes that inward
mpoſure that heart-felt ſatisfactiop, which none but its
py ſubjeRs can poſſibly comprehend. : Hence. originate
thoſe wiſhes which, expanding the good man's ſoul, aim at
the diffuſion of peaceful. principles and of a peaceful beha -
Vviour among the whole of human kind. And, I may add,
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proclaſins 66 Pract by Feſu. 5 us that. «
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peace 1 G hiked, Je Chriſt.”
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very e fſence of genuine gn,

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adopt for the good of et bang f he be a man e ngaged i in an
extenſive line of buſineſs, he will here alſo find the happy
influence of evangelical peace: While the ungodly ſinner

purſues his calling, at, once with greedineſs and diſtraction,

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larityand ſobernefs. The peace of his mind will ſecure him

from that buſtle and precipitation Which are ſo frequently -

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Yahity, and in the latter, ſubtnifſton that gloom. oy
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of death and eternity. Ah, death! muſt we "feel thy power? .
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us challenge tliee to do thy utmoſt; ' O death! where is thy
ting? O grave! where. is thy victory? The ſting of death is
In, and the ſtrength of fin is the-faw:;” but thanks be to God
who giveth us the victory, through out” 'Lord Jefus Chriſt! *
Death diſſolves our earthhy connexions. Patents and chil-
dren muſt part; paſtors and churches muſt ſeparate; huſbands
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work, upon which, the higheſt glory, of theſe, divine per

b and their beloved work of redemption, and * eternal f. =

— op. damnation, of, perhaps, millions of ſouls ſo much
225 and. mc p faithful execution of ity you bold the mc
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hoſt aer ee miniſters, and which require ey
5 5 faithfulneſs,, and dili ence 3, as e

ſouls zt ſhepherds of Chriſt's flock, purchaſed b or hg his Mood

ſoldiers that kehr for Chriſt and fou 8, againſt

| | the world ;[[labgurers with God himſelf Adee
yard q builders with. him, of his palace and temple; 1

: gods, huſpand dmen. Bud angels of the churches 5227 ambaſt

„Deut. i iv. 2. and xii, 32.—Ex. XN. 4. and xxxix. 42. err xi. 26.
1 Cor: xi. 4. 23, and xiv. 26. 40. Acts xx. 7. 8. '+ x Cor. x. 17.
2 Chron, . 13. and xxxv. 18.— Luke xy. 9.— Acts xx. 7.—1 Cor,
Xi. 73. t Math. vii. 6.—Ex. xii. 44- 45- J Exch. iii. 17,20. A
2X10, . Afts xx. 28.1 Cor. xii. 28. —Eph. iv, 11,—Col. iv.

i Tim. i. 12. | Jer. xlviii. 10. H PI. cxvi. 12.—2 Cor. v. 18.—20.—

Math. xvii. 18.— 40. and xvi, 19.— Jo. xx. 21.— 23. Adds xxvi. 18.

Rom. x. 14 —17.—1 Tim. i iv. 16.— am. v. 20. — Cor. in. andi lis 26.
and v. 18. 20. —Eph. ie. 11.—13 Ads xx. 28. tf Jo. *. .

Cor. v. 14 15. tt Heb. xiii. 19.—FEzek. ii. 191 and Ari
$5 Acts xx. 28.—1 we v. 2.—5. u 2 Tim. i, 1.—4. JH Math

33 —1, Cor. iii. 19.—2 Cor. vi. 1. I Cor, i Hi. 9.—12. |

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| {adors. for . Chriſt ;# ſie warde of the myſteries of God:
ſuitars of ſouls: for Chriſt t men of God; ſalt and li J 5

5 of1he-worlt; d ood 3 of

and of men, both and bad, bei mate e von, a
witneſſes of your ee eſpe cial 17 A iniſtaria condust. 10

Nw and DEA as account. which vou

of your: ta-

C.) Of the awfolly' ſt
muſt; hefore an aſfembleg world, give to Cl zift, q
lents, behaviour, flock, and managemaeht.9h G. / Of che

comfort, holineſs, happineſs, and honour, in time and eter-

nity, in which. your faithfulneſs and diligenge may iſſue, ta
4 e eee other abel me ff (7 Jof the 2

famy, Ras, lotions and mifery, in time, and qf bo highly. ag

vated damnation” of 700. own ſelf and of millions, of,
other fouls; jn which" your L unfachfalneſs and Noth, and miſs

management may iſſbe. Tt (8. ] Of the ſinfulgeſs af r

being diſcouraged or becoming remiſs, becauſe your.

ful miniſtratjons ate npt attended with much viſible be
Von ſhould} remember that he miniſtrations: of. 772 only;

Moſes, Iſaiah, eremiah, and! Ezekiel, but even of Jeſus,
Chritt, had but! tile ſucceſs, while they themſelves lived. dh.

You Promote the glory. of God (awful thought ) in. blinding

the minds of rep rabates, as well as in en ightening and con-
rerting the de You may now be, ſowing, ſeed 4
wil, at laſt, eyen after your death, iſſue in a 0 pleniitel herk

of converſjons to Chriſt. © Your miniſtrations may. _
cretly uſeful, though you perceive it not. 15

mould not be bleſſed for the converſion of ſinpers,. they

be uſeful for the bulging. up., of believers in in, holineſs, a

comfort ; or at Jeaſt for reſt raining, and rendering
inexcyſable, he 5 Taka bing

eiqus reward from Chriſt, ſhall be ioned to. your
faithfulneſs and diligence, and not eb 14S th

theLord make theſe ſcriptural hints yergprofitaNe ts 5 0 8 |

Jam, your's, affectionately, JOHN BROWN.

1 v. 20. f. 1 Cor. iv, 1. 2. 10 iti. 29.2 Cor. xi. a.
1

Tim, vi. 11. [ Math. v. 13.—16. C Tim. iv. 1,—Heb. iv. 12,
** Cor. v. 30. 11 —Pzeks pe Luke: xix. e ae 4

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. and i ii. 14.—2 Tim. i WW, 7. 8.— i Pet. V. 4 4.—Þvke XX, 16

De. XV. 2p. ra; · Il Zech, xi, 17.—Ezck, iii, 28. and xandii;\

Jer. ! 1. 17—1 Cor. ix. 16, ie xxiv. 48—1. and xv. 24
—30,—)er, NXII1.—1 Sam. ii. If. liii. 1.— jer. xv. 10.—Ezela.
xi. 33.— II. xlix aus. i, 24.0. vii. 48. {fff Cor. 41. 16.
101. iv. 5 — . A kf xiv. 12, *** Mark iv. 26.—1 Kings xix. 18.

8. Pro. v. 11.—1 lark vi. 20.— Judges ii. 7. 10.
. 111 I" Alx. 4-8. _ L 0 ,

hough, they

wicked,tt, Your diligence, faithfulneſs % ths
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Jomon. But ſin brought don national calamities which

? 160 both, and a captivity of ſeventy years duration. obli
them to hang their melodious harps:3pon, the. willows. | The.

above paſſa ©, however, rey viyed their hopes, and inſpt red a

joy mote cafily,' conceived. than expreſſed. Beljevers. now!
love the" church of God, the Diva Zion, II is tie
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that fin tath'defaced its dr and N parts o
city lie in ruins, and m N ſons and daughters of

perity, and promiſes of future triumph. / The mountain of
the Lord's houſe ſhall be. eſtabliſhed on the top e of the moun-
tains!“ 4

d. Zobt upon _ "yi church of God i is worthy our 41. 4
tem ion if we eonſider — the materials of i;which it is com-
| wat 2 namely the ſouls of regenerate men. \ Theſe * as
ively: ſtones are built up a. ſpiritual bouſe,” an extenſive.
city. The Builder or divine archite, by. whom it is erec ed,

Its 4 builder and maker is God.“ The. ſovereign proprieter

and bird of it, namely, 98 84 Chriſt « the Prince of Life and |

the Lord of glory Pe future glory · ĩt 4s. deſtined, to

à ſtate of eternal +#loiph an an glory. Halleluja?
% The tity.” The church of God is a No os moſt an-

cient in Gate: the firſt ſtone was laid. in the falvation of the firſt

man. Our firft parents were (in regard to the human race) the

firſt ſinners, the firſt penitents, and the firſt believers. The

church of God is a city that hath been moſt violently and fre-

| quently attacked by enemies. Egyptians, Philiſtines, Babyloni-
dus, Papiſts, Socinians, Arians and many others; hoſts of ene--
mies have in their turns aſſailed this city. Theſerepeated aſſaults |

- have kept the church of God in perpetual agitation and alarm.

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rally unqualified for a reſidencè in this

| tis th a quiet mind!

them that are his.”

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tion hath Goda nted for walls, and bulwar s.* Its latest
rib model _ n. — (Se Delt. Iv. f.]. And *

" and moſt dutable "1 in 1 world.
Pro. viii. ee yt "TH
0 « Of OY bo '* Solemin ordi ines ”_ 2 * ſeridtis
mind. All is (olemn here Pellets” "ſerve the Lord wi th.
fear atid rejoice with ttembling.” 2 51 20, levity 5 .

God hath, delle the- word, BY

« Thine eyex foull ſpe.”

tis grace, veracity arid power are all enge ed to make It god.

Thus our confidence is in an arm that is equal 10 * ry
thing, and in © counfels* Which ca never be fruſtrated:
bp: ton and carth” thalt Pe. Away, 'b 'but" the "word FF oY

Lord endureth forever.

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1 $, 0 in are Fats. Ne 4 little „While and h ray
tranquillity ſhall take place of noiſe and rr ſerenity and!

hirmony ſhall/ perperdate the joys of the tighteous through:

the ceaſeleſs TT of eternity. We

a hieß per be talen dnpn, tc.” The ſtabiſity of the
church of'C why rg

ſecure. The gates of hell Mall
dot prevail again e power and polic y of Satan ſhal
looſe all their effect. 44 Tre Moſt His What: eſtabliſh it.
The foundation of the Lord ſtandeth Fure.” : Lerchen

The church in its loweſt chene of depiedſic jon is für
better than the world in its moſt flattering circumitanees of
proſperity, O my; ſoul, love the church, cleave to che Lord
and to the Lord's "people with full purpoſe of heart. If I

forget thee, O Zion, let my right hand forget her wiſdom ',
let me be annihilated for ever.

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riſoners in an enemy's country, and by thoſe people pro-
vided-with the word of life? do not know an ay of
our lives that ever gave us.more pleaſure than this inſtance of
_ obedience to our bleſſed Lord's command; ( Love your ene-
mies; do good to them. which hate you, &.“ We much
withed for more books to have given them, but what we
had we gave, in hope that a divine bleſſing may attend. —
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courage others to diſtribute the word of God among the he
ſufferers in the priſons, you are at liberty to make * *
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REVIEW Or RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS. - - 4
A Impartial and ſuccint H ſtory of the Church of Chrift, Ge. by the Rev. . ms
T. Hawets, LL. B. and M. D. continued from page 161. 1 | 1 *
WE now attend to the third volume of this work which becomes more yl i.
. intereſting as it proceeds, on account of the original matter it 1
contains, and the characters of eminent perſons, recently deceaſed, which it 17
embraces. In this volume, Dr. Haweis ſketches the hiſtory of the Romiſh, 18 |
Greek, and Proteſtant Churches, during the 17th, and the. former part E 1
the 18th century; but is more copious and particular as he comes within | | 14
the laſt 50 years; giving a brief, but judicious narrative of the revival of WR
religion within that period, and the riſe and progreſs of the newly inſti- ns
tuted Miſſionary Societies. Px ee og Can. _
Among the iiluſtrious characters of our time, none has ſhone more con- 160%
ſpicuous in the religious world than the late excellent Counteſs of Hunting. 1 0 |
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The Doctor has, however, ſketched her character with ſo much juſtice, 1
and enlivened it with ſo much anecdote, that we conceive we cannot more 1
gratify our readers than by an extract from the 6th chapter of this volume. Km

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«© 'The noble and ele&t Lady HUNTINGDON, had Jived in the higheſt
circle of faſhion 3 by birth a daughter of the houſe of Shirley, by marriage
united with the Earl of Huntingdon, both bearing the royal arms of Eng-
land, as deſcendants from her ancient monarchs. ; |

In very early 8 when only nine years old, the ſight of a corpſe
about her own age'eanveying to the grave, engaged her to attend the burial.

There the firſt impreſſions of deep ſeriouſneſs about an eternal world laid
hold on her conſcience : and, with many tears, ſhe cried earneſtiy-to God
on the ſpot, that whenever he ſhould be pleaſed to take her away, he would
deliver her from all her fears, and give her a happy departure. She often

afterwards viſited the grave, and always preſerved a lively ſenſe of the af-
fecting ſcene. PEO. | Hs „

Though no views of evangelical truth had hicherto opened on her mind,
yet even during her juvenile days, ſhe frequently retired for prayer, to a
particular cloſet where ſhe could not be obſerved: and in all her little
troubles found relief in pouring out her requeſts unto God. When the
grew up, and was introduced into the world, ſhe continued to pray that
the might marry into a ſerious family. None kept up more of the ancient
dignity and decency than the houſe of Huntingdon. With the head of
that family ſhe accordingly became united, Lady Betty and Lady Mar-
garet Haſtings, his lordſhip's ſiſters, were women of ſingular excellence.

In this high eſtate ſhe maintained a peculiar "ſeriouſneſs of conduct.

Though ſometimes at court, and viſiting in the higher circles, ſhe took
no pleaſure in the faſhionable follies of the great. In the country ſhe was
the lady bountiful among her neighbours and dependents; and going ſtill
about to eſtabliſh her own righteouſneſs, ſhe endeavoured by prayer and
faſting, and alms-deeds, to commend herſelf to the favour of the mozt High -
and moſt Holy, 0s | |

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n The zealous preachers, who had been branded wich the name of Metho-
diſts, had now awakened great attention in tlie land. Lady Margaret
Haſtings happening to bear them, received the truth as it is in Jeſus f

rom

their miniſtry ; and was ſome years after united with the' excejlett Mr.

Ingham, one of the firſt labourers in this plenteous harveſt. Converſing

with Lady Margaret one day on this ſubject, Lady Huntingdon was ex-
ingly ſtruck with a ſentiment ſhe uttered, '** that fence ſhe had known
and believed in the Lord Jefus Chriſt for life and ſalvation, ſhe had been

as happy. as an angel. To any fuch ſenſation of happineſs Lady Hun-
ting qon felt that ſhe was as yet an utter ſtranger, oo ROS
A dangerous illneſs e after this brought her to the brink of

the grave, the fear of death . |
greatly diſtreſſed. Hereupon ſhe-meditated ſending for Biſhop Benſon, of.

. Glouceſter, who had been Lord Huntingdon's tutor, to conſult him, and
unburden her mind. Juſt at that time the words of Lady Margaret re-
turned ſtrongly to her recollection, and ſhe felt an earneſt deſire, renouneing

every other hope, to caſt herſelf wholly upon Chriſt for life and ſalvation.

She inſtantly from her bed lifted up her heart to Jeſus the Saviour, with =
this importunate prayer; and immediately all her diſtreſs and fear were
removed, and ſhe was filled with peace and joy in believing. Her diſorder.

from that moment took a favourable turn ; the was reſtored to perfect
health,.and what was better, to newneſs of life. She determined thenee-

forward to prefent herſelf to God, as a living ſacrifice, holy and accept-

able, which ſhe was now convinced was her reafonable ſervice.

On her recovery, ſhe ſent a kind meſſage to Meſſrs. Weſleys, who were
then preaching in the neighbourhood, that ſhe was one with them in heart,
cordially. wiſhing them good ſpeed in the name of the Lord, and aſſuring.
them of her determined purpoſe of living for him, who had died for her.

The change thus fuddenly wrought on her Ladyſhip, became obſervable
to all, in the open confeſſion ſhe made of the faith once delivered to the
ſaints, and in the zealous ſupport ſhe began to give to the work of God,

amidſt all the reproach with which it was attended. A |
| ved, ſuch profeſſions
and conduct appeared wondrous ſtrange ; but ſhe had ſet her face as a
flint, and refuſed to be aſhamed of Chriſt and his croſs. There were not

| wanting indeed ſome who, under the guiſe of friendſhip, wiſhed: Lord
Huntingdon to interpoſe his authority: but, however he differed from her.

adyſhip in ſentiment, he continued to ſhew her the ſame affection and re-

ſpect. He deſired, however, ſhe would oblige him, by converſing with

Biſhop Benſon on the ſubject, to which ſhe readily acquieſced. .
The biſhop was accordingly ſent for, in order to reaſon with her Lady-

ſhip reſpecting her opinions and conduct. But ſhe preſſed him fo hard with

articles and homilies; and ſo plainly and faithfully urged upon him the
awful reſponſibility of his ſtation under the great Head of the Church,

Jeſus Chriſt, that his temper was ruffled ; and he roſe up in haſte to de-
part, bitterly lamenting, that he had ever laid his hands on George Whit- |
field, to whom he imputed, though without cauſe, the change wrought in

her Ladyſhip. She called him back; „ My Lord,” ſaid ſhe, “ mark
my words, when you come upon your dying bed, that will be one of the
few ordinations you will refle&t upon with complacence. It deſerves re-

mark, that Biſhop Benſon, on his dying bed, ſent ten guineas to Mr.
Whitfield, as a token of his favour and approbation, and begged to be re-

membered by him in his prayers. .

Lady Hunfingdon's heart was truly engaged to God, and ſhe reſolved,
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to her beſt ability, to lay herſelf out to do good. The poor around her were
the natural objects of her attention. Theſe ſhe bountitully relieved in thei

nece ſſities, viſited in ſickneſs, converſed with and led them to their knees,
praying with them and for them. The late Prince of Wales, one day in
court, aſked a lady of faſhion, Lady Charlotte E. where my Lady Hun-
tingdon was, that ſhe ſo ſeldom viſited the circle. Lady Charlotte, re-
plied with a ſneer, I ſuppoſe praying with her beggars.” The Prince
thook his head, and ſaid, Lady Charlotte, when I am 7 T think T
ſhall be happy to ſeize the ſkirt of Lady Huntingdon's mantle, to lift me up
with her to Heaven“. Fo | | :
During my Lord Huntingdon's life the! warmly eſpouſed the cauſe of
God and truth, though her means of uſefulneſs were neceſſarily circam-
ſcribed, and her family engagements occupied much of her time and at-

tention, On his demiſe, ſhe was left the entire management of her chil

dren, and of their fortunes, which ſhe iniproved with the greateſt fidelity:
Become her own miſtreſs, ſhe reſolved to devote herſelf wholly to the ſer-
vice of Chriſt, and the ſouls redeemed by his blood. Her zealous heart

embraced, cordially all whom ſhe eſteemed real Chriſtians, whatever their

denomination or opinions might be, but being herſelf in ſentiment more
congenial with Mr. Whitfield, than the Mr. Weſleys, ſhe favoured thoſe
eſpecially who were the miniſters of the Calviniſtic perſuaſion, according
to the literal ſenſe of the articles of the Churoh of England. And with
an intention of giving them a greater ſcene of uſefulneſs, ſhe opened her
Houſe in Park-ſtreet, for the preaching of the goſpel, ſnppoſing, as a peereſs

of the realm, that ſhe had an indiſputable right to employ as her family

chaplains, thoſe miniſters of the Church whom ſhe patreniſed. On the
week days her kitchen was filled with the poor of the flock, for whom ſhe
provided inſtruction; and on the Lord's. day the great and noble were in-
vited to ſpend the evening in her drawing-room, where Mr. Whitfield,
Mr. Romaine, Mr. Jot

faithfully all the words of this life, and were heard with apparently deep
and ſerious attention.“ | | 75
Here the author mentions the various exertions of Lady Huntingdon in,
the propagation of the goſpel, which we are compelled to omit, and then adds:
Lady Huntingdon now became the open and avowed patroneſs of all the
_ zealous miniſters of Chriſt, eſpecially of thoſe who were ſuffering for the
teſtimony of Jeſus,» Mr. Romaine, on his being turned out of St. George“
Church, received particvlar tokens of her favour ; and, though till then un,
known to her, I was honoured with her expreſſions of kindnels and appro-
bation, when, as yet a young man, I ſuffered ſuch perſecutien from Biſho

Hume, and the U niverfity of Oxford, and was ſo unjuſtly diſpoſſeſſed of

my cure in that city.

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goſpel, yet it is not a little ſurpriſing, how her income tufficed for the im-
menſity of expertice in which the was neceſſarily involved. Her joipture
Was no more than twelve hundred pounds a-year; and only after the
death of her ſon, a few years preceeding her own, ſhe reccived the addition
of another thouſand, She often involved herſelf in expences for building
chapels, which the found it burthenſome to diſcharge. But the Lord
brought her always: honourably through her engagements, and proviged a
ſupply when her own was exhauſted. | | EN

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ee. and though in her latter years the contract ion of her throat reduced
zer 2:moſt who}ly to a liquid diet, her ſpirits never ſeemed to fail her; and

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Lady Huntingdon was rather above the midle ſize. Her preſence noble,
and commanding reſpect; her addreſs ſingularly engaging; her intelli.
gence acute; her diligence indefatigable; and the conſtant labour of her
thought and correſpondence inconceivable. Never was creature apparently

more dead to all ſelf. indulgence, or more liberally diſpoſed to ſupply the

calls of the goſpel. I believe, during the many years, I was honoured with

her friendſhip, the often poſſeſſed no more than the gown ſhe wore. I have

often ſaid, ſhe was one of the poor who lived on her own bounty; but her
maoſt diſtinguiſhing excellence was, the fervent zeal which always burned
in her boſom, to make known the goſpel of the grace of God: which no
_ diſappointments quenched, no labours ſlackened, no oppoſition diſcouraged,
no progreſs of years abated : it flamed ſtrongeſt in her lateſt moments. The
world has ſeldom ſeen ſuch a charater—thouſands and tens of thouſands
will have feaſon, living and dying, to bleſs her memory, as having been the
happy inſtrument of bringing them out of darkneſs into maryellous light;
| and multitudes ſaved by her inſtrumentality, have met her in the regions of
glory, to rejoice together in the preſence of God and of the Lamb. |

But it may be ſaid, was ſhe a perfect character? No. This is not the
© _ dot of mortals on this ſide the pops When the moon walketh in her
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brightneſs, her ſhactows ace molt viſible, ' . | f x7
„Lady Huntingdon was in her temper warm and ſanguine—her predilec..
tions for ſome, and her prejuflices for others, were ſometimes too haſtily
adopted — and by theſe ſhe was led to form concluſions not always correl-
ondent with truth and wifdom. 1 . ,
The ſucceſs attending her efforts, ſeemed to impreſs. her mind with a per-
ſuafion, that a particular benediction would reſt upen whomſoever ſhe ſhould
ſend forth; and rendered her choice'not always gWmicious : though ſeldom

were there ever leſs offences in ſo extended a work. |

te She had to icng directed the procedures of her connection, that ſhe too
| ſeldom aſked the advice of the judicious miniſters. who laboured with her;
and bore not paſſively contradiction. . ä
« F am the hiſtorian of truth, as far as I know it. She needs no poſt-

humous fame to blazon her worth; and ſhe is paſt far beyond all human

cenſure which can affect her. The great Head of the Church hath, I
have full confidence, decided her character, pitied her infirmities, pardoned
her iniquities, and welcomed her to glory, with, Well done good, and
faithful ſervant.”” | | | 25
Before we take our final leave of this entertaining work, we hall in 4
future Number give another intereſting extract.

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Sermons and Lectures on important practical Subjects. By ANDREW
SWANSTON, late Preacher of. the Goſpel—1 Cor. ii. 1. 2. © And þ

' . Brethren, wwhen I came 10 you, came not with excellency fpeecb, o of
viſlom, declaring unto you the teftimony of God. For I determined not it
know any thing among you, ſave Jeſus Chrift, and him crucified.” $90
448 Pages, Price 35s.. 6d. Sold by Guthrie, Edinburgh; Duncab,
Glaſgow; Jones, Liverpool; and Hardie, Bolſover- ſtreet, Oxford-
ſtreet, London, ; . |

FOR an account of the Author of theſe diſcourſes, we refer the reader

to the memoir of him, inſerted at the beginning of the number of the 0
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gazine. It is drawn up by a very reſpectable miniſter in Scotland, who
Fac been the Wee of his Weng his aſſociate in the purſuits of li-

terature and divinity, and who enjoyed his entire confidence. The diſ-
courſes were all compoſed and delivered, in a ſhort time, after the author
was licenſed by the Preſbyeery to exerciſe his gifts in the church. Being
obliged to deliver ſeveral diſcourſes every Lord's- day, he had little leiſure
to attend to what is called compoſition. Some of them, not inferior in merit
td any of the reſt, were the production of a few hours. Theſe things being

conſidered, the accuracy of arrangement, and the propriety of expreſſion, ..

every where obſervable, cannot but give the reader high conceptions of
his: nant Ye 2g bc I Wa IP FOI i Ha
Eis diſcourſes are publiſhed, not to ſolicit the charity of the public, for

his relations are not in circumſtances which render this neceſſary, and wiſh

to derive no pecuniary advantage from the ſale of them; but ſolely with a
view to diffuſe” the ſaveur of the knowledge of Chriſt among mankind.
Several of their friends, whoſe judgment they reſpe&t, and who have been
greatly delighted in peruſing the manuſcripts, have earneſtly ſolicited the
publication of them, under the impreſſion that they are well calculated to
impart ſcriptural, pleaſing and very edifying views of revealed truth.
With their ſolicitations they have now complied, hoping that the(: remains

of their loved and honoured relative will be acceptable to the Saints, and

conduce, through the bleſſing of God, to promote pure and undefiled re-
ligion among men. Re, BBB |

In making the ſele&ion, it has been Judged not improper to publiſh alſo
a few of his lectures or expoſitions; a mode of inſtruction in which the
author much delighted, and was, by his judicious hearers, thought greatly
to excel. 13 | | | 1

We will not preſume to anticipate the opinion of the public, concerning

the merit of this volume. But ſurely we thall. not outſtep the bounds” of
that the ſentiments are truly evangelical, the order of
ſpicuous, the language ſimple, and often not inelegant,

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experimental practical godſineis. | 7

The ſubjects of the Sermons are the following: — 1. Jonah's Diſtreſs;
Jon. ii. 7.—2. Jonah's Exerciſe in his Diſtreſs; ſame text 3. The
Means of Jonah's Relief from his Diſtreſs; ſame tex!—4. Peace ſpoken

fo the People of God; Pf. Ixxxv. 8.—5. Saints cautioned againſt return»

ing to Folly ; ſame text—6. and 7. Of Truſt in God; Pſ. Ixxxiv. 12
8. Truſt in God the beſt Antidote againſt Fear; Pf. cxii. 7.—9. The

Walk of Faith; 2 Cor. v. 7.— 10. The Excellency of the Knowledge of

Chriſt; Phil. iii. 8. -The ſubjects of the Lectures or Expoſitions are:.
1. Paul's Converſion; Acts ix. 1—9.— 2. The Phariſce and Chriſtian con-
traſted; Phil. iii. 1—7.—3. Chriſt preferred to all Things; Phil. iii. 8, 9.
—4. The great Object of Chriſttan Ambition; Phil. iii, 10. 14.—
5. Chriſtian Converſatjon deſcribed and recommended; Phil. iii. 15-21.
. Jacob's Viſion, and Meſſage to Elau; Gen. xxxii. 1—8.—7. Jacob's
Prayer and prudent Conduct; Gen. xxxii. 9—21.—3. Jacob's wreſtiing
with the Angel; Gen. xxxii. 22—26.—9. The fue of Jacob's Conflict;
Gen, xxxii. 27—32. |

A wvifible Diſplay of Divine Providence : or, a Journal of a captured
Miffionary, in the ſecond Voyage of the Ship Duff. By W. GREGORY,

one of the Miſſionaries, 8 b. 328 p. with jeven engravings, Ogle, _

F 78. 60. 1800.

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+ ber of Towns in the New England States, and alſo in Nowa Scotia; ex-
- #fatied bia from Letter written by LOO Gentlemen of unqueſtion-
Able Veracity; | 12mo. 32 pp. Philadelphia printed; London reprinted,
Button. 6d, 1800. 9 JJJJJCCCd0CC0VV DAFT NAT
Fe happy events here related have been repeatedly mentioned in the.
Evangelical! Magazine, and the preſent detail muſt give additional pleaſure
to thoſe who wiſh wel] to Zion's intereſts. Phe preſent-tradt makes a pra- _
per appendix to the narrative of Profeſſor Edwards relative to a like extra-
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, ; Price 15, Button. 1800. | Ps

” Hog contents of this long expected and intereſting Number are as fol.
r ; 1 . EV 4
1. Extrafts of a letter from Mr. Thomas, dated Moypauldiggy, Feb,
22, 3797. .. | | 3 r

2 Correſpondence of the Miſſionaries from May 24, 1798, to April 5, |
3. Account of the ſending out four new Miſſionaries, with their wives
amd children, in the ſpring of 17997 Theſe Miſſionaries were, Mr. W.
Ward, (formerly a printer) of Hull; Mr. Daniel Brunſdon, Mr. Marſh- 4
man, and Mr. W. Grant, (a converted infidel) of Briſtol. They ſailed May tl
25th, and arrived October 27th ;. but we are concerned to learn, (by a note 10
on the cover) that Mr. Grant died of a fever fon after his arrival, and 2
- before he had the opportunity of an interview with his Brethren. F
4. Refolutions of the Society, mY 4 ex
5. Some account of Joodifhtheer, ſuppoſed to be Saul, or rather Solo- a
mon, King ef- Iſrael, * - © SS : be
6. Hymns by Meſſrs. Carey and Fountain, . d.
7. Laſt intelligence from the Miſſionaries, dated October 27, 1799, at th
which time Mr. Carey had removed from Mudnabritty, that factory having 8

declined, and opened a ſmall one of his own at Kididerpore, twelve miles
diftant. Mr. Fountain's health was but indifferent, and Mr. Carey's ſe-
cond fon, William, was dangerovſly ill, 5 e g
8. Index to Vol. VI. completed by this Number. |

9. Appendix, liſt of ſubſcribers, and ftate of accounts.

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tieular inſtance of converſion among the natives, we are happy to find the
Lord has given the Miſſionaries/great acceptableneſs and apparent uſeful-
neſs among their o countrymen in India. 1 Ea
Meſſiah the Sun of Righteouſneſs i. a Sermon preached at the Scots Church,
London Mell, May 26, 1799, befare the Correſpondens Board in London,
of the Society in Scotland, for propagating Chriſtian Knowledge in the
Highlands and Iflands. By ALEX, WAUGH, 38. 44 p. London :
to be had at Scots Hall, &c. .

THE reader will readily anticipate, that the text of this diſcourſe is taken
from Mal. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name ſhall the Sun of Righte-

oulſneſs ariſe.” Aſter a brief introduction, the ingenious preacher—r it,
Conſiders the character of the Meſſiah as repreſented under the beautiful

image of the San: —2dly: What may be implied in his ri4zg : and—3dly..
The happy influence of his grace expreſſed by healing in bis æuings or

beams. Theſe conſiderations naturally lead to an appropriate application
in favour of this excellent inſtitution, by which we are happy to find, that
(beſides the Miſſionaries among the Indians in North America,) nearly
fifty Miſſionary Miniſters and Catechiſts are employed in the Highlands
and Iſlands of Scotland, and above

12, oo0 children daily inſtructed in the
knowledge of the ſcriptures. | 85 |
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OBITUARY. „
= MRS. MARY VOWELL,

PHE affectionate wife of Mr. John Vowell, of Caſtle-ſtreet, in the Bo-
rough of Southwark, (the worthy parents ef the late Rey. Mr. Geo.
Vowell, of whom a memoir was given in this Magazine, in February,
and March, 1795), on Friday evening, the firſt day of November, 1799.

in the goth year of her age, was removed from the preſent world of fin and
forrow to the holy and happy regions of immortality; | Te

She was the daughter of Mr. George Peckford, of Berwick, in the
eounty of Somerſet. That all-wife and gracious Being, who can make
the greateſt apparent evil productive of the richeſt good, was pleaſed fo to
landtify the loſs of both her parents, when ſhe was only ten years of age,
as to make it the occaſion of her becoming truly ſerious and thoughtful.
From that early period, the attended to thoſe things which concerned her
everlaſting welfare. A complaint in the liver occaſioned, in the opinion

of the faculty, by ſome heavy afflictions, (and particularly hy the loſs of
an amiable daughter, who, having unhappily married an Iriſh clergyman,

very inconſi.lerately eloped with him to America), ioou terminated in her
diſſolution. Poſleſſipg a pleaſing talent for writing verſes, and hearing

that her daughter was actually embarked—overwhelmed in a flood of an-
8viſh, ſhe compoſed the following lines. 1

Increaſing grief and heavy woes,
" Sit brooding on my troubled mind 3

No joy, no peace, my ſpirit knows,
But what in Thee, my God, I find,

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I can rejoice and glory too,

I he be with * diſfreſs; i 5

© Paſs through the wintry ſtorms:awhile, - |

In proſpe& of my heav'nly reſt, |

2 Jeſus, my Lord, has been my hope,
Or I had tainted in my way:

RE Oft have I known in adverſe ſtate, /

His- ſtrength made equal to my day.

O come, my Lord, ſupport me ſtill,

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Nor e' er ſuſpec̃t thy love and power.

My mind withdrawn from things below,

+ Shall look to brighter ſcenes on high;
Where peace and joy eternal flow,
And -ſprings of comfort never dry.

prehending that the time of her departure was not very diſtant, a few.
days before the arrival of the awful moment, ſhe obſerved to her ſon, that
ſhe ſhould not be a great while here. I ſhall ſoon leave you=—-whatever.
ou, negleA, my dear, do not be regardleſs of the one thing needful,
th for your own and;your children's ſake; for you have a great charge
& committed to you :—as to your poor ſiſter, I ſhould have rejoiced;to ſee

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& truſt we ſhall meet together in heaven.
Perceiving her huſband and ſon, and

others who were preſent, weeping,

—ſhe ſaid, ** Do not grieve for me, but improve your time—it will not be

6 Jong before, I truſt, we ſhall meet again.“

A friend calling to"ſee her, ſhe took the opportunity of remarking to
him, that trer whole life had been a ſcene of trials—wave upon wave, and
billow upon billow. ' He obſerved, that the higheſt mountain has a valley
at its back; and/that while we are in this world, we mult expect our trou-
bles. She replied, ** ſhe had experienced many, but hoped now to be re-

« confidence of being ſaved by him, and by him alone.“

At another time ſhe obſerved—“ what a mercy it is to enj

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ac gious education—what a_mercy that I had ſuch good examples ſet before

«© me in my youth! But it is a painful thoug

« been committed againſt light and knowledge.
In the younger part of lite, ſhe could repeat from memory the whole of

the 119th Pſalm; many paſſages of which proved very comfortable on her
le portions of it with great

dying pillow ; as ſhe often mentioned conſiderab

pleaſure and delight.

ht, that all my ſins have

To ſome friends who viſited her, ſhe ſpoke very comfortably of the

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of God, and with a compoſure of ſpirit becoming her ſituation; ex-
great thankfulneſs for all the afflictions ſhe had endured from her

gout up; and among other things, took occaſien to inform them, that,
aving been bereaved of her parents in early life, ſhe uſed frequently tore-

tire into private places in the fields, for the purpoſe of prayer,
deyotional exerciſes. That, during the la two or three years

and other
e bad

been in great bondage, through fear of death, but, that nevertheſeſs, ihe

truſted ſhe had a good hope thiough grace z—<that the ſting of death 4
taken away; and that ſhe eaſt herſelf on Chriſt alone for ſalvation ; adding,

that if ſhe periſh, ſl:e would periſh at his feet.

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that the hoped the bitterneſs of death was «I Ins 6 122 _—

© for ny ſalvation. upon Jzius Chriſt. alone Rk: * ſame comfortable

** the appeared through. the e of that day, frog frequently —
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thought ſhe was taken Th Reel, p Hayiog
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immediately left her was: impoſſible,” ſhe. 3 * to deſeribe che
ſhe there fa z and at . bel ſhe beheld, fan p the wards re-
wa in the Revelations, it came out of 8 Feat ts tron, and hath

. aobite in the bleed: Sow Lamb.” Bit,

expreſſed. great diſappointment at finding
the delightful objets ſhe the had been indylged x with a view of, to have been
-only in a dream.

told ter flauta, e brit Als e that had hoon.
uſed tor her recovery. wits But, a to 4 Doctors, they are of little benefit
10 mee Blair ſays, they are —_ rl of Bile rom the grave. Mhat

* js death; ſays Dr. Watts, but t 8. 5 She. _ e
or's Yo.” 8

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ä Our fin, how deep it ſtains! | © A a) e
And Satan binds our 3 minds *
ol there” s a voice 59
- Soutids from the ſacred word;
Hos ye Pre 7 ſinners, come,
uu upon the .

Addreſſing ber '*y about the conceras of a better morkd the ſaid,
amon other things, *© That ſin and ſorrow will be thereforeyer at an eld;
and that the pl 1 of tealizing the delights and employments of it
are unſpeaka . even in the preſent ſtate * d | added, 1 could
mention a great deal more, very ſuitable to my preſent. condition,” —
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the work of the Lord, the oecaſion of
his previous ſecluſion — their ſociety, we ras y deplore. |
| Other letters were nyt. delivered ti de thips came vp the river. Of
theſe we have the pleaſure to fabſoin the meſt las eing. One of Mr.
Johnſon's letters gives a. melanehoſy detail of the death o Mr. Clode, an. |
event which calls for our tendereſt ſympathy and regret ; while, at the

_ fame time, we reſt fatisfied that He, wks th ll h s S 10 *
produce good even but of this . reat. $5ja i gp |
memory. His ſurviving brethren, © bop + oof 5 J arefd
conciliate eſteem by their Chriſtian confi while they 'dilf ntly' Sides
vour, by their public miniſtry, to turn man of dur p at and — 5 a
2 from an to li zht; and from the p power e 'of atan, unto God

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. io whom be Glory for ver. _—_ e * „
Aru BELOVED BRETHAEN, 3 EN
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dden Wee of the maj of. the "Society of Miſſionarie:

to depatt from this Ina of Ota 31 Port Jatkſon, in New and, ©
we truſt will nothing hinder that work, which fic induced us to offer our
ſervice to the Directors of the Milſionary Society, e us under the
heavy trial forfaking arents, brothers, filters, Ec. &c. ard
ſtill encourages us patiently to abide the will of God Since ing-us on this

Illand. We eaß only affure the DireRors of the Society, our .

in the firengrh of the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, whoſe aid we depend upon, ; "54
whoſe ſervants we deſire to manifeſt ourſelyes to be. We alſs humbly
get the Directors of the Miſſionary 7 not to forget us, either in

5 ers, or * reviſiting us, if any favourable pportunity of fo doing
| 2 — We do Die 85 „nor ſolicit, thas the Phe Ni y Soci

ſhould put themſelves to. any verher expetice on our account; but if the

Directors ſhould judge it ent, and find it convenient, to ſend ' out a ;

few preſents for thoſe: who ſhall have ſhewed themſelves moſt friendly to-
ds us, ſuch as knives, ſciſſars, à few axes, and ſuch like articles,

Will be gratefully received. Experience has taught us, the more we are

_ cumbered with worldly things, che leſs concern we have for the converſidn

of the Heathen; and the more we are detached; from ſecular emp} ments,

the more we traſt our minds will be attached to te pi of the

Goſpel ef Jeſus Chriſt Otabeite affords food and raiment ſultable to — 5

climate; and ſufficient to anſwer the great end of Providence in granting u
theſe bleſſings; viz# to cover our own makedne * 5 to ſuſta in for a
our earthly periſhing taber nacles; and having thoſe things, we hop” the
Lord will teach us to be content. bote

We think it needful to inform the Direftors of the Bociety; that i it 2
pears to us at preſent, a reinforeing this Iſland with a body of Miſſionari
conſiſting of men, women, and children, furniſhed after the manner of
ourſelves, when we quitted our native country in the ſhip Duff, would no-
thing forward the work of Gad in Olabeites or the adjacent INands ; but if
four or fix chriſtian men, void of worldly incambrances, will be willing to
hazard their lives, for the ſake of the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, in the ſalvation of
' Heathens, and ſhould be led by the Eternal-Spirit 10\forſkke all and follow

us, we ſhall glory, if ſpared to ſee their arrival among us, to give them the

right hand of chrittian brotherly fellow ſhip --
We conclude with our 8 to our God and your God; our Lord Jeſus
| Chriſt and your Lord, for his bleſſing upon your labours, for-ſpreading
abroad the favour of the grace of Chriſt through the four quirters of the

World. 0 We remain, dearly beloved 3 en
Vour Brethren in the Goſp eſus Chris,
| (Signed by) JOHN JEFFERSON,-:. BICKNELL,
THOMAS LEWIS, "HENRY. NOTT,”
5 Wa un ee Jou HARRIS, e

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An the circumſtances which occaſioned our "removal f ram
* e to this Colony, and the proſpe& which. preſented ſelf to us of
zour being made uſeful in the Miniftry of the Word here. Since;which our
. yiews Have been deolonded our 2 not ſu ſanguine the exer-
. ciſes of dur minds various; with veſpect to tſte path of duty, whether me
ound perſevere, N as the unbelief oa our at times was ready
to ſuggeſt that the di colties we had to encounter were inſurmountable.
2 they are ſuch yr an erm of fleſh . for here we have to contend with
te dy ravi and corrupt on of > human heart, - heightened and con- ;
in all. its vicious habits, 8 long and repeated indulgences of iv-
34 corruption, each one following the bent of his own corrupt mind,
and countenancing his neighbour in the purſuit. of ſenſual gratifications,
Hence ini by abounds, a6. thoſe, outward.groſs ſins, v hich in Europe
would ren a perſon omemptible in the public eye, and obnoxious io
the civil ang are become. faſhionable and familiar—aduhtery, fornication, ,
theft, drunkendeſe, extortion, violence, and uncleanneſs of every kinde-
the natural concomitants of Deiſm and Infide iy. Which have bold,
thrown off the. maſk, and ſtalk through the Colony in the * face of
the N I it hs e thing to wag?” a perſon ſay, © (hs; 4-14
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ſo much from theſe N in een les, as from their perniciou Fa
fluenge, which tends to confirm and 15 5 ngthen the natural ices of
mind againſt. the Dodvines of the Gol el, which are a ſovereign, remedy
for all theſe deadly diſcaſes-—but alas } © they wil! not come unto de
light, leſt their evil deeds houſe! be e Their Nene 128 be 1 |
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| bot the" gracious. concurtence of the Holy Spitir, Mere it mag be proper
to obſerve, that, in one of gur Letters above alluded to, we mformed you
| that we had comyenced pres 1 N. different parts of the diſtrict ſcuated in
the Northern Boundary, and . 9 |
| the latter inthe. month gf December, we were under the neceſſity of diſ-
Sau e . pews favoured — put gpl uſe 1
removed to his Farm, and no other place could de procured. We,
— — to preach 10 fe Northern Boundary: but our
bhearers beginning to decline in their attendance, add to this the diſtance,
and exceſſixe heat of the Summer, Blled us with diſcour nts,” and the
enemy took occaſion. from theſe cireumſtances to Higgelt the improbability |

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of ſuctels ? but in perſeverance the proſpect brightetied, their numbers inn us

_ creaſed, and our preaching has produced the following effect, which 'we
are induced to look upon a8 the barbinger of good, viz. twenty-two-of the
ſettlers in the Diſtrict, called Kiſſing-point, voluntarily offered to build.
a place for Public Worſhip. requeſting us w continue among them, and
uſe our intereſt with the Governor to appoint" them a Schsol- maſter to

that we were about to leave the Colony. We accordingly applied to GO
vernor Hunter, who immediately appointed them a School maſter of our
recommendation, 5 perſon whom we believe to be 2 ſincere convert).
His Excelle 4 "alſo gave them ſome materials towards erefting the

building, neh we expe will be finiſhed in the month of November, _
when the Rev. Meſſrs Johnſon and Marſden _ to open it.
We have alf6 re. commenced the Sunday Evening Lecfure in Parramatta,

which'is well attended. And likewiſe opened a place for in
Toon Tabbe, where we have about an hunddrei hearers.” Theſe favour.
able appeatances, we hope, will not be!“ like the morning cloud or early

| theſe poor bewildered fouls who-are lying as outcaſt in a forlorn condi-
tion: but at preſent we cammot communicate auy further - information re-
ſpecting them, that would prove ſatisfactary, but ſhall ſeize the earlieſt (and
every) opportunity- of tranſmitting ſuch accounts as relate to the ad-
2 cement of the Redeemer's Kingdom in this Colony of Corinthian
mit us to add, that it gave vs no ſmall ſatisfafion to hear of your
unremitted exertions in the Miſſionary buſineſs, the 4 19's of which we
have much at heart.—By the Hil{borough Tranſport, which arrived here a
few days fine, we Jearnt that four Miſſionaries were brought out in her io
the Cape, and that the Diff was on her paſfage to the South Sens wirh thir
men beſides women and children. We . hope the Captain is delegated with
ſufficient power to form an * organized Body at Ot E, and that he will
leave ſuch @ number as may be deemed adequate for the protection of the
women and the eſtabliſhment. of a permanent miſſion, otherwiſe we fear
the a'tempt. will prove frui'leſs, We were in great hopes that the Shi

Tty the will call at the Friendly Idande, which'are about three weeks al
om this place, we expelt a vifit from her, as no doubt we have many
Letters on board from our friends, of whoſe welfare we are, very anxious
to bear. As every information from Otaheite will prove acceptable to
Tou, it gives us pleaſure to be able to incloſe feveral Letters we 1

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inſtru& their children, This requeſt was made in conſequence of a rumour + - JW

dew,” hut prove the dawn of a bright and glorious Golpel-day o S |

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throwing” it upon, another, Were both ſoon 1 8 5 175 ns fall
5 ones, the 4 noch Fencing from the pit to His houft Lg cloſely, EXA Wn
And b ood traced, , {beſides { of the" For deceaſęd's e in dl erent
Places) to the ver door: on further Check i in the houſe, blo b
diſcovered i in different Parts, particularly ina f. ſmafl 11 ling, hete, 15 8
terwards Appeared. my. friend was dragged after this horr id butcher had
Knocked him down, An, axe was found. wi blood and, brains upon it,
though it . d n previouſly walhed z aknife and blanket were dilcovered
3 the fame” te; an. upon examining the per ſon of Jones, blood was
* re el one of bis. fingers, Theſe, and other circumſtances, fully 857
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$5.7 Oy fot places. Jones continued hardened to the laft,
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cafioned by what. N i hereafter _menti ade a full conſeſſion, of
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5 planned y Jones and his wife on the 3g 600
vo in it, but at firſt refuſed; to gain him over Tore
h drams of. Dirits; "when, at length, on the morning of
veſday be ee Trotman (the other man that was tried, but ac-
) was ſent with Jones's two children to 4 ſettlers farm for turnips 3
» Clode was at that time in the town, and expecting him t feturn hn
5 — dinner, it was the intention of the other three to diſpatch bim before
2 Trotman and the children returned; but Mr. C. not retorigar home ſo
won as was expected, oY, ſcheme Rte. About four oel ds other
ſoldlers (for Jones and T ee belonged to the corps) called i in :M
Na. . to drink tea. At that times Jones and Elbray were looking out fe
and ſeeing him. c down the hill at a iſtance they went into
"© the houſe, and Tomes is 221.8 his wife, together with the 185 77S
3% Tretman, and the dren, were te go io look at a piece of wood,

26 ſaid to be cutting for the ſe of a. canoe, this was
Wy GaN | this 1 was Far the door, was alket 1 ..

2 was 110 for him by the. table te ſettle his accounts with Jones. The

* I 1 already mentioned was placed,i in the corner of the room; with
te behind him was to knock him down ; he took it up

ld — "but his b eart failing him he laid it down again, and went out
„here he ſtaid à little while; returning in again he heard the firſt

N blow gi ven by 8 This inhuman wretch en his blows ſo often,
y at Los « for God's ſake Jones, you have knocked

— all to pieces. 7 then dra gged him imo the Ailing, 4 when El-

hray came out againg' 3

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um what he was going to do with it, he replied, 7% Dn him, he moves,
| ir not dead,“ 8 taking the knife went in again, and cut his throat,
ory Or bo nr and then returned, both the knife and his hands teek ing
with is he immediately wathed, . whilſt Elbray ſcattered aſhes
oyer the room to conceal the blood upon 'the floor, the 8 17 17 5
| were put in, the tea-things ſet againſt che company returned ; after 15 -
'quor was ſet upon the table, ſeveral ſongs were Tung by Janes, his wiſe,
and others. About nine Jones and Elbray, went out, when they 1
their prey through a hole in the killing, and taking him up up
ſhoulders, carried him to the pit, threw him in, Gr him 12 9 green
boughe, and then returned to their company, and kept up. their jovial mirth
till after midnight - The providence of God appears fingularly in bring-
ing this horrid Des to lde. A man had been at work hoeing fo for
days upon the ground round this pit, and in the eyening uſed to lea
hoe in the pit; going to work the next merging, and looking for bis hoe,
he was 218 ee ſo many green boughs laid over the pit; fuſpefting
* ſomething: was there planted: (i. e.) ſome property that had beep flo
. was 9 he put in ſie hoe and removed the — when * bare

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7 Afr ht cont + coovition, I cially viftedtheſe three hor- .
bonkers, eee, N e 1 more full confeſſion of

Jones ſdon Kader him Jones went Fro "the ll.
ling, and coming out à ſecond time took up a large knife, Elbray aſked

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- Gittely ſa the hand of a dead man. He then called out to another man
cutting firewood at a ſmall diſtance; three or four others came at the ſame
time, Jones among the veſt; and immediately charged the man that firſt
diſcovered Mr. Clode in this woeful plight, with the morder, and wanted
to tie his bands with an handkerchief, and take him into the camp a pri-
ſoner. Jones came into camp with others to bring tidings of the murder,
expreſſed his concern for the murder of àa man he fo, much loved, and to
whom he was indebted for his attention to him and family, in times of
ſickneſs, and again endeavoured to throw the murder upon the man that
| firſt diſcovered Mr. Clode in the; pit. From the tale he told, and other
_ circumſtances concurring, the man was committed to priſon z but at the
_ very, time Jones was thôs ſpeaking, another man came up (myſelf and the
Governor; and other gentlemen preſent) and ſaid to Jones Jones, you
are the murderer; blood is traced from the pit directly to your houſe.“ He
then” began to proteſt his innocence, and to repeat what I have before re-
lated. ,: His houſe, his body, &c. were examined: he was taken to the
pit, ordered to Jook at the body, and to touch it. He replied, © Yes 1
will, and kiſs him tos if you pleaſe, for. I loved him as my brother,” |
That this unfeeling wretch had reaſon to.loye;Mr, Clode, you may eaſily
pereeive by bis wife's declaration to me whilſt under ſentence. Speak in
to her of this horrid buſineſs, and lamenting the unhappy end of a itiend
I ſo much eſteemed, the replied, „Oh, Sirg that dear man was the ſaving
both of my life and the life of my huſband. His attention to Trotman
was ſuch. as I never faw in any other perſon in my life : three times a day
e came to viſit him, waſhing and cleanſing his ſores; and had it not been
r his attention, he would have ſurely loft his hand.“ _ Wha, my dear
Sir, can hear juch à declaration 4s this, hut muſt ſhudder, to think that
ſuch horrid monſters can exiſ i „
By an order from the Governor, the houſe in which the murder was com-
mitted was on the Satunday pulled down, and burnt to aſhes ; a tempo-
rary gallows was erected upon the ſame ſpot, and at twelve o'clock, theſs
three juhuman wretches. wefe taken out,, and conyeyed in a cart to the
place, where, having diſcharged my duty as chaplain, they were launched
into eternity, to appear at the tribunal of a righteous, ſin-averging God,
and may exeerated than - pitied by a numerous multitude of ſpectators.
The bodies of the two:men. are hung in chains near the place; that of the
woman given to the ſurgeons for diſſecti on. e
In the interim, J gave directions to have the body of my deceaſed friend
IFought intq the town to a ſmall hut of my oN], and ordered a; decent
coffin and ſhroud, & e. to ba made. Numbers came ta ſee him, and many
with, tears, lamenting his untimely end. On Friday, his body was com-

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| mitted to the filent grave. The pal! was borne by five ſurgeons (Doctor

artis, the genileman, above mentioned being one) and Captain:Wilkinſon.
His Excellency the Governor walked with me before the corpſe; Meſſis.
Cover, Henry, Haſſel, Smith, Oakes, and the two Puckey's behind the
corpſe, and after them ſeveral officers and others. After having read the
burial ſervice, a hymn. was ſung, given out by Mr. Cover. TI then ſpoke
a little upon the melancholy occaſion : many being in tears, and myſelf
ſo much affected, that I could indeed ſay but little, but gave nutice, that
I purpoſed to preach a diſcouxſe on the Sunday but one next following.
The enſuing week I compoled two diſcourſes, and on the 14th of July,
preached in the morning from 2d Sam. xvi. 17, middle clauſe, „Is this
thy kindneſs to thy friend?” Spdke to the general character ot the deceaſedy
the aggravating circumſtances attending his death (and what theſe were,
you will eafily judge, Sir, from what 1 have above related) and concluded
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kind and attentive to the Miſſiomaries.

8 every place, is the fervent prayer of, dear Vir,

my ſermon with an exhortation to different deſcriptions of perſons; In he
ernoon, I preached: from Jeremiah vi. 10, To whom ſhall I ſpeak

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and give warning, that they may hear? which was intended as a ſolemn

warning and exhortation to the living, and particularly to thoſe guiky of

| | drunkenhes, ſabbath-breaking; &. the reigning vices committed in the
Colony the fatal conſequeiices attending Which, my dear Sir, 1 have _

long ſeen and lamented; but, alas! I fear All to little or no nur poſe.
The. M²iſſionaries attended church; hymns: were ſung, and tlie lines
Were given out by Mr. Cover. In the evening, Mr. Cover diy ex-
hortation'at my houſe, to his bretbrew of the Miſſion, to my family, and
force others, upon the ſame occaſion, n rr non ns

I promiſed to tell you what it was that occafioned Elbray to make a con- 7s

-feffion'of the murder before he ſuffered. When the bell hegan to toll for
the funeral of my friend, he aſked what the bell was tolling for. The

. | ſerjeant of the guard told him, it was for the funeral of the perſon which

he and Jones had murdered, He was then taken out of the room, hen
ſeeing the corpſe-jull taken from my hut, he aſked-who it was walking with
Mr. Johnſon before the 'corple/ He was told that it was the Governor.
He then hung down his head, went again into the'guzrd-room, burſt inte
tears, deſireg one to read to him; and ſoon after made a full conſeſſton,
- which was in ſubſtance what IL have above relate.
As I do not doubt, but that Mr: Cover and the other Miſſionaries, who

Will write either to you or ſome other of the Directors, it was not neceſ-

fary for me to write to you fo fully, nor indeed at all upon the occaſion ;

but, for reaſons I have given, 8 this was my duty. And I cannot
conclude my letter, without ſaying that Mr. Clode's conduct, as a Chriſ.

tian, was both humble and exemplary; as a ſurgeon, humane and atten -

tive; and as a Miſſibnäry, he ſpent much of his time among the natives,
by whom, as well as by perſons of every defcription belonging tothe Co-
ny, he lived beloved, and died lamented; 0 oo oo ep i
Imuſt now beg leave to apologize forthe haſty and incoherent; manner
in which I have witten this Jetter, and can only plead as an excut, that
having many letters to write by this conveyance, my domeſtie concerns, as
well as official duties, to attend, and withal enjoying but a weakly ſtate of
health, I cculd neither be ſo particular nor correct as I could have wiſhed,
in relating ſo extraordinary, fingular, and I, may ſay, unexampled a eir ·
cumftance of barbarityuzl > A ODS er
My friend Henry appears anxious to return to Otaheite, He is a ſtudlj-

_ - Bus, ſerious young man, and appears well adapted for the work, upon which

be was ſent out, and, I hope ere long, à door in Providence may open fot

of people were upon the iſland, to & feat any evil intentions of the natives: -
He is, I truſt, a perſon of ſolid piety, and poſſeſſed of good miniſteriat abi-
lities; and he, together with Meſſrs. Henry and Haſſel, have almoſt from
their firſt arrival at Port Jackſon, gone to the ſettlements, eſtabliſhed in

' different parts of the Colony, to preach, and to exhort among the ſettlers;

I fincerely wiſh them ſucceſs in their attempts and endeavours.
His Excellency the Governor has beet, and Gill continues to be, very

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Four ſincere well-wiſher, and humble ſervant, © ©
_ . RICHARD JOHNSON.
J. Hardeaftle, Eſa. „„ Dane

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Mia pretty long letter, which I lately ſent you, relative to the melan-

- Choly death of Mr. Clode, (which, I believe, I ſhall never forget) I in-
formed you, that Mr. Henry was anxious to return to Otaheite. An
opportunity At this time offering, he has. embraced it, and in a few days
will take his leave of us. The reaſon of my giving you this line, is to
ive you my opinion. of Mr, H., which I ſhall do in few words ; and
that is, I believe him to be a ſincere, pious, zealous young man,.whole;
heart is much engaged in the arduous work of a Miſſionary, and truſt his
abſence from his poſt for a time, and what he bas ſeen in this colony,
have been bleſſed to him, in teaching him more than perhaps he before!
knew of mankind, and from the ſcenes of ſurrounding iniquity and inf

delity, which increaſe and ſpread in this colony, he will return to his poſt
and to his friends with a freſh reliſ for religious converſation, and re-
newed vigour to that work to which he has been called, gratefully 2c?
knowledging the mercy and grace of God for making him to differ, not
only from the world in general, but alſo from ſome who profeſſedly cam
out upon the ſame important expedition. ff. ns
If T may, Sir, be allowed to give my ſentiments, I may ſay, that I be?
keve that ſome of thoſe firſt ſent to Otaheite,- and who have left it ſince;
are much better away, and hope their ſeceſſion will turn out for the fyr:
therance of the pious wiſhes and endeavours of the Society, My friend
Henry has repeatedly. expreſſed the ſame opinion, and I hopes upon hit
return, he will find his friends left behind living in love, and unite; ha
and heart with them in the work in which they are engaged.
I believe Mr. Cover has no intention of returning tu Otaheite. Having
taken a farm he means, I underſtand, to remain ſome time longer in this
country. He conſtantly preaches, and exhorts every ſabbath in diffe-
rent places. His labours are greatly wanted, and I pray God they may
be rendered uſeful. Mr, Hasel occaſionally aſſiſts him, as Mr. Henry
has done hitherto. Having ſpoken of theſe three, and poor d lode,

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{whoſe labours and ſufferings are over) I have ſaid all I can. e of
the others are gone from the colony, and with the remainder I have no
acquaintance. . 8 8 e DRE |
You will, Sir, I truſt, excuſe my freedom, (as I bave conceived it to
be my duty) in writing, and giving you the abeve information. Mr. H.
Will write to England upon his arrival at Otaheite z and it will give me
great pleaſure to hear of his and his brethren's ſucceſs, and that God ig
dleſſing this and every other evangelical miſſign to the converſion and
ſalvation of the Heathen. 555 42
* And am, dear Sir, with great reſpect, = 4
. Your moſt obedient and faithful ſervant, _
| EE os 5 RICHARD JOHNSON.
J. Hardcaſtle, Eſq. 4 166 75

5 Diſtrid of Matawvai, Otabeite, Jan. 1316, 180.

D EAR BRoTHeR, | | _-. =
PLEASE to communicate to the Directors of the Miſſionary Society,
that on Wedneſday; January iſt, 1800, failed out of Matavai Bay
for Port Jackſon, in New South Wales, the ſhip Betſy, of London,
O. Clark, Commander, with a Spanifh brig, her prize; and that, on Satur-
day, Jan. 4th, the Elixu, of London, Capt. M. Swain, came in fight, and

anchored in the bay on the following day. By the Betſy we tranſmitted

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myſtery that God hath not unfolded to us, ſo that we know not whether

moſt tender Preſerver, a ſure Defence to us in Chriſt his Son. He hath
made peace to encircle our dwellings, maintained to us our bread and
our water, and infinitely gone beyond all our hopes reſpecting our ſafety.
Hence new views ariſe, and new wants alſo. Notwithſtanding the abund-
ant ſupplies we were ſo liberally furniſhed with, yet the continuai gifts we

have been conſtrained to make to the Chiefs and thoſe around us, the fre-

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1 | . robberies we have experienced, and other circumſtanees, have re-
+7 uced our flock very low, ſo that we find ourſelves under ſome neceſſity t
LY of making application for a few ſhirts, tröwzers, ſhoes, &c. if occaſion
1/460 ſerves, to ſupply us with the ſame ; alſo ſoap, à little tea, pins, fiſh-books, .
1 and a few pit-taw files. Nor muſt we forget the Chieis, who, notwith- 7
. Randing the abundance of property beſtowed upon them, aye ready to forget
every paſt favour, if refuſed a new. | | YEAH rage 4
The above à e ſome of the molt material circumſtances mentioned in or n

letter ſent by Capt. Clark, dated Dec. 28th, 1799. In what fellows we

1 1
may take notice (as we did in a ſupplement io the above letter, ——

ks incloſed in it) of Brother Harris's departing from us in the Betſy, to

New South Wales, with a deſign to return to us the firſt opportunity! Hie
reaſons for going he hath aſſigned to us in a paper be read the evening be-
fore he went on board, and which'is inſerted in our journal. In the una
are returned to us Brother Henry, and his wife and child, whom we thank -
fully receive in the bonds of chiſtjan affection. By Brother Henry we

are agreeably ſurprized with the information that the ſhip Duff is _ in -

theſe ſeas, with a body of fellow · Miſſionaries; if fo, we expect the will reviſit

us, and therefore ſhall reſerye our j urnals to be conveyed to England by her, -
Since the Eliza has been in Matavai Bay, we have had ſuch heavy

ſeas, without any wind, as greatly endangered her ſafety ; but ſhe was
1 from ſhip-wreck. Two families, with the fon of the Rev.
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'. Johnſon, Minitter of the Britih Colony in New South Wales, ' paſy

ſengers, we have accommodated. on | ſhore in the beſt manner we could,

during the veſſel's ſta

b E's the bay. This iſland, at preſent, is in a ſtate of
tranquillity ; but we

A4ta-iiru, one of the moſt powerful divifions of the iſland. From the E

bath been landed, (without any interference of our's) - one. eighteen
pounder carronade, two ſwivels, ſeveral muſkets, and a great deal of am -

munition. What may be the conſequence of this abundant introduction

of ſire-· arms time will ew. Notwithſtanding the peace we have enjoyed

hitherto, yet we conſider our lives to be in jeopardy every hour. We have

learnt, by experience, nothing is to be depended upon from the outward
tokens of 9 the Chiefs or others may diſplay towards us, whoſe

diſpoſitions are ſo. fickle, that, with them, the traniition from apparent

affection to real hatred, is as quick as from laughing to weeping in an
infant. Our times are in the hands of God, and ſo is our work alſo ; to
him, therefoie, we deſire humbly and ' heartily to ſubmit ourſelves. We
defrre allo to be thankful to Alwighty God our Saviour, that although we
have not been enabled as yet to preach the Goſpel fully, we have been
ſtrengthened to live the Goſpel ; ſo that, we truſt, no one of the native

can charge us with a conduct contrary to what we have at any ial
taught. Our own ſoul's falvation (let what may be the end of our miſſion)
is whai, we ſee-it our duty to purſue, and, according to the meaſure of
race gfven unto us, we labour to walk in the appointed ordinances of
the Lord blameleſs. Chriſt is precious to us all: his commandments
are not grievous to us: to be found in him living and dying is our
heart's wiſh But we are weak ; but e are men encompaſſed w.th many in-

hirmities, and the temptations we daily mert with cauſe a fear leſt we mould

be betrayed into the hands of our ſpiritual adverſaries by our boſom foe,
and thereby ſtain the cauſe of our Maſter, and wound, our own ſoul. We

therefore entreat you to bear us on your minds before the Throne of Grace.

Remember us and our work. And the good Lord lift up the light of
his countenance on the Miſſionary Society, and by his Spirit direct our

Directors to the moſt effectual way of glorifying him in ſpreading abroad

the goſpel of ſaly-tion. We remain your, AO.
The Directors and Miſſionary Society's Brethren in Chriſt,
| 2 5 F FOHN JEFFERSON, for the Society.
To the Secretary of the Miſtonary Society. 1
T. S. To the above requeſt for a ſupply cf articles, we ſubjoio the fol.
owing ; 2 few locks and keys; and, in medicines, ſome ſpirits of wine,
Magnchia, ſalves, ſalts, and what other few things a fkilful perſon may
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Tun SPA meeting. of the Id t, the 8055 1
c and its vicinity, was held on May 19th ayd 20th at iChop, Stortford,
The Brethren aſſembled at Mr, Cbapli 's on Monday evening, to tranſa
the- private buſiteſs of the Aſſociation, and to enjoy friendly communion
with _ 8 a. next morning 3 of N 1 de.
+ the public ſervice rayer and rea iog.the criptures; Newton,
8 Wittam, eached Hon P Phil. ii. 16. « Holding, forth 5 word >
fie Mr. Forſter, of Maldon, pats = og In the wing the cong
_ gation- again aſſembled, when. Mr. Jennings, of. Thaxted, ebga
prayer, and Mr. Parry, reſident Tutor o "Cownrd' Academy at Her
mondley, Herts, (late at Nerthampton) preached from Loke iii“ 6, . All
ffleſh ſnall ſee the falvation of Ged. A pleaſing degree o of harmony. and
chriſtian love prevailed, and the Brethren ſeparated with ; a 125 evidence
8 minds of the utility of ſuch Aſſociations.
congregations union in this county, for med for the purpoſe of
Fan e, continues its exertions. By the. report of the late
ittee to the general meeting held at Witham, on April 24th, it ap-
2 pears that the ſum of C189 23s, 7d. has been expended the laſt year. in
ſopporting . village preaching, and diſtributing religious papers and
tract among the _ be following is a ſhort extract from the report:
85 A co ble number of children who were utterly ignorant of let-
ters, bave, from ke inſtruction given them in the ſchools of this Society,
made ſuch progreſs in their learning, as to be able now to read well a chap-
ter in the bible; a cireumſfanee which we hope will be p ultive of ever.
_ laftin benefit to their fouls. We have alſo pleaſing information, that the
3 of the Golpel by miniſters connected with the union, and alſo by
\ "Obes —— by their example, appears to have been bleſſed of God to the
8 converſion of ſinners in repeated inſtances.”
The Committee for the preſent year conſiſts of Rev. Meſſrs Jennings
Chaplin, Taylor, Forſter, Corbeſhly, Baſs ; and Meflrs. W. Johns, Di
R. Dixon, B. Dixon, Portheay, Summerſum, and Milbank, LILY all of
- whom N are received.

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| HOXTON ACADEMY.
Tur Anniverlary; previous to the vacation, was held on Thurſday the
of June, in the new Chapel lately erected on the premiſes, which ws
Klee with the ſubſcribers and friends of the Inſtitution. Four of the flu.
"dents were engaged in religious exerciſes. Mr. Vincent began with prayer.
Nr. Gawthorn preached on the Nature of Religion from James i. N
Pure Religion. Mr. Dewhirſt, preached on the Effects of Religion, 7 5
Ni. 11.— Being filled with the ſruits of Righteouſneſs. Mr. Harris preached
en the Importance of Religion, Luke x. 42.—But one thing is needful.”
I The different claſſes were previouſly examined in their progrels in leam.
ing, by the Rev. A. Crole and the Rev. W. Maurice, a | their repoſt
| read as. follows:
Tate Treaſurer. It affords me great pleaſure to inform yon tit
the ſtudents at their examination performed their exerciſes with much P's
priety and readineſs, thereby doing conſider able credit to themſelves
their tutors, and to their profeſſion; and 1 bare ſuch * e |

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To the ſupporters of Hoxton Acade
the flouriſhing ſtate of the Academy,

I fincerely congratulate you on

tainments for the time which has been occupied, and the ſenior 1

tionate acceſſions ſince laſt year in Hebrew, Greek, ani Latin, ſome of them

even to conſiderable degrees of eminence: If along with their attainme;
| 10 retain with eager graſp their hold of evangelic

their ſelio w. men, and a credit to the honourable character of miniſters of
Jeſus Chriſt dur Lord and Saviour, to whoſe dear name be honour and glory
everlaſting. May he himſelf ſanctify by the Holy Ghoſt theſe fountains
intended hereafter to water the earth! may the ſtieams thereof not he bitter,
but prove ſo ſalutary where' they may glide along, that * every thing may
tive whither the river cometh,”? - - | RB doe 8
, The Rev. Mr. Clayton conchuded with a ſuitable exhortation and prayer.
After adjourning to, the Academy-bouſe, it was judged neseſſary "to
vote a prefent to the Rev. Mr. Simpſon, as a compenfation for the extra.
ordinary advance in the price of proviſion. It is T. that the great and
inereaſing expence in fupporting this ſeminary will be ſupported by the
liberality of many more friends, of the Goſpel miniſtry, both in town and

country.” Above twenty of the ſtudents are engaged during the vacation

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ORDINATION, TJ.

2 HURSDAY , May xt, 1800. The Rev, James Wheaton. was ſet
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apart to the paſtoral office over the Independent Church, in Lyme- Regis,

Dorſet. Mr. Morren, of Veovil, hogan the ſervice with prayer, and read-

ing'the ſcriptures z Mr. Lamb, of Weymouth, delivered the introduftory
diſcourſe ; aſked the queſtions and received the confeſſion of faith ; Mr.
Tozer, of Taunton, offered the ordination prayer z Mr, Small, of Ax-
minſter; gave the charge from Titus ii. 7.8. Me. Crook, of Charmouth.

took the interceſſary prayer; Mr. Underwood, of Dorcheſter, preached to

the people (inſtead of Mr. Saltern, of Bridport, who was prevented by in-

diſpoſition) his text was Deut. i. 38. 4 Encourage him. Mr. Rogers, |
Mr. Pittard, of Marlock, gave

of Beamiſter, 'coricluded with prayer; and M ard, o
out the hymns. In the evening, Mr. Pyke, of Netherbury, prayed; and
Mr. Pittare preached from Phil. iv. 2 3 | |

e oe n OPENER. TY þ
ON S;.bbath-day, the Sth of June, a new place of worlhip was opened at
Upminſter, Eſſex, by the Rev. Mr. Douglas, of Chelmsford, who preach-

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ed with much affection, plainneſs, and ſuitableneſs to he occaſion. The

ſudjects were, in the 2 on the love of pious men to the houſe of

od. Evening—on the necefity of divine influences. The place, which

holds upwurds of 200, was filled with attentive bearers. The firſt intro-

duction of a Goſpel miniſtry in this place was a week-day lecture by a

neighbouring minifter. Laſt Michaelmas application was made for ſup-
plies every Sabbath-day from Hoxton Academy; and the labours of the
young men have proved both acceptable and uſeful. The ſupport of the
work, xs well as the ere Ridn of the new building, has been principally
rough thekindgels and liberality of two individuals. |

Some other WKonaty Lerters, and initercſting articles of intel?-
Cence, xenccellarily delerged, 2 |

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ments will in future be employed in the more ſucceſsful diſſemination of
the word of God. In this good work I wiſh them all poſſible ſupport rand |

and the progreſs of the ſtudents in
the languages. The junior claſſes have made rapid advances and ſolid at- .

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| MEMOIR OF MR. FRANCIS BLACKWELL.

R. FRANCIS BEACK WELL, the fubje& of this
memoir was born at Blackwell-heath in, the pariſh of
High-W ycombe, Bucks. He was the youngeſt, of four ſons
of William and Mary Blackwell, and brought up to the paper
manufactory, by which he maintained his family with deceney
and credit. At one time, however, he was greatly exerciſed.
in his worldly affairs, but was relieved in a manner remark-
ably providential; and, in the latter part of his lief enjayed a
ſufficiency, not only of ſupport, but to grab his n
diſpoſition to his ffiends.“ Mr. B. occupied à ill

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Briant, his grandſon, hom he particularly notices in his dy-

ing teſtimony. His late wife was 4 woman of fery fingular
piety. + | VVV
His firſt: ſerious impreſſions were occaſioned; by a vio-
lent fever about fifty years ago, which, was ſanftified as the
mean of bringing him into the kingdom of grace; and by a
like affliction, which he caught in his kind attention on the
* he had his entrance into the realms of glory and imaior-
ality, Fr ot pg We. > FE RR |
The manner of his introduction to the miniſtry is not out of
recollection. Three or four good. men were in the habit of
repeating in the evening, the ſubſtance of the ſermons they had
heard in the courſe of the ſabbath day at church, with a view
to their own edification and that of others, who were inclined

to aſſociate with them, Mr. Blackwell was one of theſe, and

hs See a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Cooke, of Maidenhead, to the Rev.

: * Engliſh, inſerted in his tuneral ſermon for Mr. B. page 22, note.
dre her. funeral ſermon, preached allo by Mr. Engliſh,
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he alſo ſometimes delivered his on refleQtions, which being
' approved, he was encouraged to ſpeak in private houſes, as op-
portunity offered. Thus this little conference in the pariſh
of Wooburn, was the means of prodycing and keeping alive the

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- ſpark of religion in thoſe parts, which tor the laſt thirty years
bas been increaſing, till it is become a very conſiderable
flame. The expulſion 6f the fix ſtudents from Oxford in

1768, for prayer and preaching, &c. contributed to give an
eſtabliſhment to the goſpel. The Rev. T. Grove, being of
that- number, converted one of his barns into a chapel in this
place. Mr. B. greatly aſſiſted him; and, on Mr. G's removal,

for the laſt eighteen years of his life, he moſt freely and affec-⸗

tionately continued his diſintereſted labours on all accaſions, to
ſerve the ſame church, under the care of Mr. Englith, their
preſent paſtor. Mr. B. had not human advantages to fit him for
the miniſtry, yet was he admirably qualified for what the Lord
intended to do by him. One obſerves, ho well knew him,
and was attentive to the work of the Lo done by him at Woo-
burn, and in the ſurrounding neighbourhood : He entered.
on his miniſtry at a very dark tin, and in a very dark place.”
He addrefled thoſe who could underſtand him better than if he
had been a learned man; however, in the moſt important

ſenſe he had © the tongue of the learned, and could ſpeak a

word in ſeaſon. His humility would not let him ruſh into

places where: men of conſiderable miniſterial talents laboured ;
nor would he go but when neceſſity called him.

He was alſo a mo/ eminent Chriſtian, and richly anointed
with the Holy Ghoſt. There was a favour attending his con-

verſations, his prayers, and his ſermons, which gave him a diſ-

tinguiſhed ſuperiority to many miniſters of greater gifts. The
broad ſeal of heaven was affixed to his preaching ; he was
more uſeful than many—than moſt in the ſurrounding coun-
try. The hand of the Lord was with him, and many believed
and turned to the Lord. At that time, men from whom no-
thing was expected, were the inftruments which God patro-

»nized. Mr. B. was blefſed with a happy and well-grounded
aſſurance of his intereſt in Chriſt ; which made him, generally
ſpeaking, comfortable and even happy. Yet was he no ſtran-

er to the ſuggeſtions of the great adverſary of ſouls, eyen in
5 laſt hours. Repeatedly has he been overheard to ſay—
gRBegone begone you have nothing to do with ne, You
know you have nothing to do with me. I hate fin—l believe
in the Lord Jeſus Chriſt; get you gone—yours are lies,”

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MEMOIR-+OF MR. FRANCIS BLACKWELL. © | 11
Holineſs was his element—in it he lived, breathed, and had
his whole delight. Thus was his happy ſpirit prepared for-
glory; a ſubject which very ſuitably cloſed his miniſterial
This excellent mart was indeed a cheerful chriſtian, and all
his conduct evinced his firm conviction that Sree AY
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But, on the contrary, to animate, refine, and exalt them.
He was, nevertheleſs, frequently cloathed in tackcloth ; he
greatly lamented his own depravity, and was deeply grieved
for that of others. The e of thoſe around him often
pierced his heart; he ſighed and cried for the iniquities of the
land; and particularly mourned to witneſs the unſanctiſied
tempers and conduct of profeffors: He was eminent fot''per-

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{onal religion. Fig was vital, pure, unaffected and exalted
piety. Such was his inoffenſive life, that with great truth and
propriety we may adopt the expreſſion of a poor man concern-
ing him, as his corpſe was carried to the grave There
is a man in whoſe coat a moth-hole is not to be found.
He had, in the beſt things, a ſound judgment, and would
| 1 countenance ſuch as did not moſt highly honour his divine
Maſter, He poſſeffed a devoted heart, and. abounded much in
prayer. No miniſter viſited him without accompanying him
to the throne of grace; an example highly worthy the imita-
tion bath of miniſters and private chriſtians, He was alſo fa-
voured with much private communion with his God and Sa-
yiour. The writer of this memoir had obſerved his mind to
be remarkably abſtracted from the world for ſome time previous
to his death; and a kind of inſtantaneous involuntary prayer
| ſeemed frequently unconſciouſly to eſcape bis lips. His life
was moſt exemplary ; he walked by the rules of his divine
Maſter, and even the. world will teftify that he was * an
epiſtle of Chriſt, known and read of all men,” and with gene-
ral approbation. His holy life recommended his religion, and
gave a true dignity to his character. As a miniſter of Chrift,
he was highly honoured. He had a truly miffionary ſpirit,
an apoſtolic mind. Forty years with unwearied diligence he
preached the goſpel in his neighbourhood. He uſed to call
himſelf a Hop- gap he repaired and kept up the fences of the
neighbouring churches to an extent of many miles. E {c2t-
tered the good ſeed every where around; in public by ſus mi-
niſtry, in private by his friendly viſits, and in his kind and ready =
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Faithful conſels, and his fervent prayers ; nor did he only fiy, f
where pecuniary ſupply was needful, Be ye warmed and be
ye clothed; for the bowels of his compaſlion were never ſhut
-q RI Res were exceſſive the canker did not corrode his
7 At wras his great concern to do good in bis life; nor had
be © a fingle wiſh,” to uſe his own words, for the continu-
| my of it, but to be more deten and e more the glory
wal cr Chriſt”? - X
His miniſtry was ſim ble 3nd unaffeQted; He Sit to do
good, and forget himſelf. . He only wiſhed to recommend his.
ſter. His preaching was powerful, penetrating, and ener-
getic. It was indeed evident that he was not poſſeſſed of hu-
man learning; yet he knew his ſpiritual alphabet, from the
algha to the omega, from the beginning to the end; could
conſtrue, with accuracy, this pure language — was well read
in the. prophets and apoſtles, and had a quick underſtanding
in the fear of the Lord, Although he HA no e ugg
with literature, and was à ſtranger to rh@drical- flouriſhes, or
well turned periods; he was poſfeſſed of a talent far ſuperior,*
His ſharp- pointed arrows, directed by a divine hand, entered
the conſcience and fixed there; nor were they exty ated till
the balm of Gilead was applied—till the virtues of the leaves of
the tree of life were proved, which, are for the healing of the na-
tans. He frequently. uſed to ſay, that he drew the bow at a
venture — that the Lord had the direction of the arrow—that
be knew not the caſes of the people that he muſt lie with
them to know them.“ He entered not into the field with
Saul's poliſhed, but ee dee armour; but, like David,
with. a ſling and a ftme from bis ſhepherd's bag, he prevailed
over the Philiſtine. Goliath fell before him, and our Iſrael
_ ſhouted! He uſed to ſay, * am no ſilver trumpet; I am an
unpoliſhed ram's horn.” But his ſound was certain, powerful,
and effeftive ; before it the ſtrong walls of Jericho fell. For
the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of ſtrong holds, caſting down imaginations,
and cvery high thing that exalteth itſelf agamſi the knowledge of
God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience
Chrift.+ Perſons deſtitute of 8 taite, and who had no

* The writer of this memoir is no enemy to learning; he conceives
highly of erudition, and values learned men; but in the miniſtry of the
gotpel it is not always neceſſary; and, in compariſon of divine influence
and power, it is n r leſs than nothing and vanity: this is daily

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reliſh for the goſpel in its fimplicity, had their objections; and

many refuſed the bread, becaule, as he uſed to fay, it was

brown bread, not ſerved up in a ſilver diſh.” But the Lord

put honour on his miniſtry, and ma e him inſtrumental of

great good to his fellow-ſinners, * .

In him was an Is of chriſtian excilleticits. Ile ws

a lovely example for miniſters both in his ſpirit and diligence.

He laboured even to wearineſs; but frequently would with
cheerfulneſs ſay, It is better to wear out than to ruſt out.“

He was truly diſintereſted; he preached the goſpel freely, and

felt the truth of that declaration, It is more bleſſad to give than

to receive. He was generous and openshearted —like a true bi-

ſhop, given to hoſpitality. He was remarkably affectionate to

his young friends, and greatly deſirous of their ſalvation, His

worth inliis relative capacities, as father, mafter, neighbour, and

friend, the general courſe of his conduct has amply proved;

and the circumſtanees of his death haye eſtabliſhed it ſo long

as his memory ſhallive.
This venerable

n honoured the Lord in his life, and. was

greatly favoured by him in his death. Then, like the Patri-
arch Jacob, he collected his family and friends around his
bed, and gave to each his bleſſing, and his praifers. To a grand-
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daughter about twenty-three years of age,
have a praying grandfather, who has uit |
titions for you; but on theſe you muſt not depend ; you muſt
pray for yourſelf—read rhe word of God, att

d dle means of

grace, renounce the world, and take care what company you

keep; the Lord bleſs you!“?

Io the xeverend Mr, Sleap he ſaid, ** The Lord bleſs you

in your body and ſoul! The Lord bleſs you as a miniſter,

and make you faithful and ſucceſsful ! The Lord bleſs your
child? 1 ORs

To dear Mrs. Blackwell's niece, © The Lord bleſs you 1—
The Lord bleſs your huſband ]” The Lord bleſs your children!

May you live holy and die 1 5
To his houſekeeper, The
been a kind and faithful friend to me, and the Lord will take

care of you. We have often prayed together, you know.

You may till retire to your cloſet—do not grieve—The Lord
bleſs you!?“ e ny

To a daughter—* I am now going to do as good old Jacob
did, to bleſs you all, my children, and then draw up my feet,

| * Since his death, this young perſon has joined the church at Woo-
bun, confeſſing that his dying words had a great effect upon her mind.
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Jand die. Iwill. bleſe you all. I babe put up thouſendver
zprayers for you. dee; ou de not live without prayer; be fore to
read the word of God ; neglect nut che means of grace; keep
the ſabbath holy. I have been a living, and now am a dying
witneſs to the reality of reien ee WoW; . am not afraid to
Ade. God bleſs yu!

To his other ebe ec heres A” dying Father
never forgot my children, though they were not with me; it
1 is now fiſty years ſince I began to pray. Hear you'thepoſpel—
pray read the word — keep the fabbath—but after all, remem-
Der, you muſt believe on the Lord Jeſus Chriſt if erer u
e aged, and tell-your huſband what a dying father" fays,—
| May theLord- bleſs you all!
JTonanothen perſon he ſaid, It is an esel thing to be the
Zinnia t of bringing children: into the world, and to'be'care-

Teſs about their-ſouls.—Your donſcience wWirnelſes to the truth
of What J ſay. O read, pray, and heag the goſpel. Do not
ipend your: time in public houſes and ii ding. The Lord
- bleſs: Vou have not been careful M thoſe about you, as
vou Id have been. Go to Jeſus to be faved as à ſinner.—
Ho not be angry with me. Vou know I muſt be faithful —

The Lord bleſgſ@n !—Y ou ſee I am not afraid to die.”

"Stretching out hin dying hand to teceive hisgrandſon, he bid
| "any not grieve,” alWlaid, ** have preached Chriſt now | am
going to enjoy

hen. I think I ſhall be in heaven-before morn-
ing My next ſabbath will be ſpent there. I am lingering on
the brink. Lam now going to be taken from you. This has
| been, for many years, a praying Family, eould wiſh it ſo to con-
tinue when Jam gone. Vou and (an old ſervant} keep up
family prayer. It will be your honour. —A' few words from
the heart be not diſcouraged. Mind not the ridicule of the
worlu—attend all duties bear your teſtimony againſt fin in
the mill love good men from good principles -uſe them
Kindly when they call uponsyhu, as I have done. The Lord
| bleſs you, and be with you, through life, death, and to eter-
2 nie. „ This is my prayer for you—l can ſay no more.“ T“
Jo a little girl, about twelve years old, he ſaid, Come,
5 my little dear, Iwill give you a double portion—Benjamin' 5
:meſs, the Lord bleſs you! fe
To a grand- daughter, about deren years old. Remem-
der | dying grandfather; Be ſure you be a good child, and

*: This * perſon occupies the fame mill—is a member of the Church at

Wooburn, and ä to de faſt tollowing the 3 of his ns.
father.
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pray—abid remeraber 1 muſt be faved by. Jelus-Ohrift,. if
over you be ſaved.” +
W hen his ſervants, ad e * najlk;; entered his
toom, to the firſt he ſaid, You are 1 ſober; hah
and induſtrious; but that ãs not religion. 1 wy prayed: 702
yon, but you muſt pray for yourſelf you mu 350 *
Chriſt; you muſt be pardoned through his os
through his righteouſneſs; and ſanctified and ca Les. _
heaven. Ltruſt I have prayed and ſerved God for fifty years,
and now il am ghd to be RY poor ſinnet. "TRE LONG: ;
bleſs aun tt"
"Ts atiorlidh ſervant, wh he addreſſed i ina Engle From
he ſaid, Live in peace with your family—with your wife
and children—nor ill ont, nor be contentious. The Lord

hleſs you!“ — |
Io two caandikns. he 3 66 Come, my Ain * e
bleſs you. Be ſure you be good boys. Let not the wicked
world enfnare: you, When your wicked companions invite
you, don't conſeni them. Read your Bibles—pray to God
believe on the Lord Jeſus Chriſt. You cannot 15 faved
without Jeſus. Chriſt. The Lord bleſs you 1''* - >
To another of his ſervants “ What do think abort
| dying ? Did yow ever think where you well ing
know there are but two places, heaven aH. When I am”
gone, be faithful, don't b hon and upr icht. The
Lord bleſs you 1 |
To another fervant—*® Look on your Aying maſter ; ; if Joty
was where Jam, and to die to-night, you would ſurely go to-
hell; and if I die to night, I ſhall ſurely go to heaven. Your
conſcience tells you, you do not read the word of God
break the ſabbath—you do not pray in your family., Ves,
maſter,” ſaid the man, 1 do.“ «Ah! when?” «* Every
night,” aid he. „ And what do you ſay ? O,“ fail he,
Ido as well as L can.” ©: You live in ſig.“ 40 Yes; maſter,
[ ds.” „Then,“ ſaid the god old man, thy prayers are
an abomination to the Lord. You do not believe in the Lord
Jeſus Chriſt-you muſt be changed. The Lord hleſs you!“
He then ſpake to four little boys, whom he addreſſed in
A very affectionate manner, according to Mot ages, and
blefſed them. ;
He addreſſed the next, who was te er vont, in a diffe-
rent manner from all the teſt. You fear God you read

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and pray you believe in _— love; ferye, and bo-
nour him you will be ſoon with him in glory. I charge you

wt pens in family when Lam gone. The Lord blefs you pr.

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his maid ſei vant— What have yen thought ſince 1

. have been inn? Did you ever pray in fincerity—have' you any

ledge of Jeſus Chriſſ of ſalvation by him? Did you

Ser pu. the danger there is in ſin? Pray without ceaſing.
The Lord bleſs you, and be with you through life, and death,

and bring you to everlaſting. glory E
I did not preach laſt Lord' s day, but che Ind has made it
up to-day. | Samſon flew more at his death tha through his

Whole life The Lord grant it may be ſo to- day * tac?

the Lord bleſſes the words of dying men. „When he
thoſe about him in tears, he added, 5+ This-is the Ar .
ho ſow in tears, ſhall reap in joy; apd, I truſt, it is a
time alſo, "yea, it is a gory beser ere my
hſt legacies.” -
On Mr. E. coming from town to 1 m, on Thurſday

evening, he expreſſed his concern at his

About Thurſday,” he added, you will
then preach at Wycombe and at Wooburn
wy Wooburn friends !''—an exclamation.

them, for whom, he had laboured much

his work people.
bury me; you

of heart: felt eſte:

and often—Hegyent on —4 Let ſix miniſters hold up my pall
—ſay nothing about me.” Mr. E. ſaid, . not particularly
about you, but what the grace of God hath done for you, in
you, and by you.“ He ſaw the diſtinction, and expreſſed his

ſatisfaction. Speaking of Mrs. Blackwell, he ſaid, I ſhall
ſaon ſee her. What a meeting will i it be! What do you think
fhe will ſay to me But we do not underſtand the lauguage
of hehven now.” —[It was replied ſhe would welc

there. Mr E. aid, Let me have an intereſt in y
wiſhes.” "He ſaid, + You ſh ve my dying prayer.” And,
after a ſolemn. pauſe, he ſaid, * The Lord bleſs you in your

miniſtry, in your ſoul, in your body, in your family, in all

you have, and in all you are—The Lord bleſs you.” In a

ſhort prayer he was then committed to that God who redeemed
bim from all evil, to whom he glory for ever and ever, amen,

and amen. The next morning Mr. E. ſaw him again; he
requeſted him to pray ot

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g returned from

the miſſionary opportunities, diſcovered a ympathy at his fa-
tigue in journeying, and told him he had been preaching to

he lob be diſmiſſed, and expreſ-
ſed his aſſurance that he was on the rock, and withed to be
gone; Taking a little nouriſhment, he ſaid, „This is better”
than Chriſt had; _ they gave him vinegar and gall— this! is bet ·

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ter than T' deſerve,” Aer taking a little wine May T''
want no more, till. I drink it ane wein my Father's kingdom! f
On mentioning his ind friends, Mr: Wildman's family, he
pauſed and prayed, that God would give them prudence, pa-
tience, and glory. On the Friday he rather revived, büt the
reſtleſſneſs of death was on him all through the day; and?
about twelve at night he was heard to ſay, a little before his
departure, Cut n—cut it ſhort—cut it in the middle.
The thread of life was ſoon cut, and he' winged his way to
manſions of eternal light and glory; where the ſun goes no more
down, nor the moon ' withdraws herſelf-—where the Lord is his
everlaſting" light, and the days of his mourning are ended.

Thete words were the text which was improved by Mr. E.
in a funeral ſermon. at Wycombe immediately after the inter-

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THE REV: VAVASOR GRIFFITHS'S LETTER TO
HIS'STUDENTS ON PARTING WITH THEM.
+ MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS, 2 i ED

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WNESPAIRING of firength to ſerve at leaſt this win-
ter; and not knowing whether I ever live to fee,

your faces more, J cannot take leave of you wthout.a Word

of parting advice, at a time when I have ſcarce ſtrength-.to, "198

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as you would wiſh to be in a dying hou. 3

2% Be (ggious and hearty in your covenanting tranſaQtions
with God; treat with him as ygy, would in your dying day,
and let your ſubſequent conduct Whuitable, —=_ x
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of God, and your Redeemer's intereſt, and value ſuch attain-

ments as are moſt ſubſervient to fuch ends. „„
4. Be careful to make daily advancement in a, pious life, and
meaſure your advances by love to God and man, and a confor-

mity to your Redeemer's temper and life.

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word of God, and guard againſt that wantonneſs of thought, 10
undeſervedly called free-thinking, which hath been much the 165
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Vou will be ſo good as to excuſe. the hurried and irregular.
manner in which I have thrown ; er theſe brief notices ;
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7ITH-reſpeft to your ſoirſtunt concegns, what ſhall I
ſay? Wo, foul is in the beſt hand; your moſf im-
portant intereſts are lodged with the great Redeemer; to him

the Father hath'commigted them; to him you have been ent
bled, by divine grace commit them; and he will be faithful
to his truſt. A ſenſe of an intereſt is defirable, but there may
be an intereſt where there is not a ſenſe of it. I wilt 1 had
your evidences. This I can fay, that I m 1 up-

- wards, , All chat is dark and diſtreſing i Fo etter, 1 fel;
all that i is otherwiſe, I. want.

O Gad, all- holy Ind all. ig., 2 5
Open my heart, open my eyes 1
Reveal thyſelf, reveal thy Sn.
And make thy great ſalvation known. C

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Thy wond'rous love, thy gracious name F4,
To me thy pard'ning mercy thow, |
And ſpread the joys of heav'n below.

My tuneſul voice I then will raiſe,
I And.all my powers. ſhall tune thy praiſe ;
A I'Il in thy church thy rks declare,
And celebrate thy glorle there,

It has been a confolitary thought. to me, that God is more
glorified in the ſalvation of one ſoul through Chriſt, than in
the deſtruction of a whole, world. O for 2 ſavory ſpirit, an

exangelical temper of mind! Dear friend, pray for me, that
what I want I may experience, and then you ſhall meet with

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glorious object, ſaid I, do mine eyes behold | But how much
more glorious is he, by whom the sux was created and made!
Jesvs, thou Sux or RronrzousvEss, how far ſurpaſſin
this are the heauties with which thy perſon is arrayed, 2»
ne all around encircle thee! Vonder is an ob ben that is
iven to change. A few hours paſt; he ſhone with meridian
endor ; his luſtre was fo bright that I was unable to lobk at
Kin but now he has conſiderably exhauſted his ſtrength, and
eyes are ſcarcely affected with theßſigit. But thou,
doors, art always the ſame; with thee, the great fountain
of light, there is no variableneſs, nog ſhadow of turning. —
Tru. O my ſoul, this unchangeable Mierid. If thou believeſt
not, yet he 80 faithful; he cannot deny himſelf. His
word aß promiſe, like an anchor to the ſoul, is both ſure and

ſtedſaſt.
Looking

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'F the SUN as. he erlqually deſcend d below
the IEA fidered again, thou, O Sum, wilt at one
time ſet to riſe more; thy glory ſhall ultimately fade and
die; and "qe great monarch of the ſkies, thou muſt ceaſe |
to reign. But thy glory, © Jevvs, is permanent and eternal.
«'f — that my Regener liveth,” though he once ſub-
mitted to die. That he is now at the right hand of God, ex-
alted to reign, and all his ſaints ſhall finally reign with him, |
and behold his glory for ever. 0 that 1 _ be one "> that

blefſed number!

When ſhall this hippy day of vifon bes E
When thall I make a near a proach to thee *

Be loſt in love, d wrapt in ecſtacy ?
Lord hafte the hour

of; joy and ſoeet repoſe! tranſporting, hope!

3 grie ved me that I was now interrupfed i in my reflections:
for bare I could find an opportunity to renew them, the sun
had totally diſappeared. How aniwating is the proſpect of pof-
ſefling a world, where none of the things which now break in
upon our ferjous moments ſhall ever be ſuffered to intrude

June 19th, 1800. 1 K.

THOUGHTS |

ag 21 pe [ Cop»

| THovGHTS o PALM LVL „ _—_

« Wha I A unto. they ils Pall 1 2 enemies turn 5 this
4 I now, for e in far ne. | a

J188OP HORNE forewhete remarks that * PR be
Bible is like the Garden of Paradiſe; and the boo
falms like the tree of life in the midſt.“ And, indeed, "qe,
living confelations furniſhed to believers from the pſalms in
general, 2 the juſtueſs of the compariſon
The above paſſage will furniſh three obſervations. rolatiye to
chtiſtian experience. The believer is often purſued and op-
_ preſſed by enemies — Prayer to God is a principal mean to

overcome all e . finally, confi ce of f
ariſes from an e of God's favour. 8 '® *

1. The believer is often purſued and oppreſſed by enemies. 3H

he world with i ious allurements: Theſe intice the
mind with. preſſing Ih itude, and too often entangle the
affections. Thus B was caught, and forſook his beſt con-
nections, and left the nobleſt purſuits, at leaſt for a ame
Demas hath forſaken me, having loved this N world.“

And, alzs! how many ſince that period u forſaken the
church of Chriſt, and abandoned his rizhgg@ygcauſe, from the
fame principle, Reader, learn from the of others, and

ſtand upon thy guard. The devil with his n erous and

ſtrong temptations; -ad the eſh with its inal, 3 corruptions.
Thele unite to oppreſs the believer, and cauſe him to heave
many a bitter ſigh. The. circumftances and experience of
David, of Hezekiah, of Peter, and of Paul, might be intro-
duced to elucidate and prove the truth of the e . remarks.—
But for the ſake of brevity (and DEE ARES require bre-

vity) I paſs on to obſerve, *
"46 Tm F tu God-is a principal mean to overcome ene-
mies. When I ery unto thes,, ſhall mine enemies turn

back.” Mo ſes prayed and overcame—H:xetiah- prayed and

- ogercame—Fehoſaphat prayed and was 'yictorious—-David
prayed and proved a conqueror. In ſhort, who ever prayed in
ſincerity and failed of ultimate ſucceſs? It was a truth formerly
and it is a truth , that “ whoſoever ſhall call upon the
name of the Lord ſhall be ſaved.” Then let me, let my reader,
in the way of faith and prayer, ol reſiſt the devil and he will
flee from us.“

3. Confidence of ſucceſs ariſes from an Aran de of God's

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© me a thouſand and a thouſand times. In ſhort he hath re-

| vealed Chriſt to my heart as the only hope of glory, as all
and in all.” « is for me.” Yes; believer, he is indeed
for thee. His promiſes are for thy comforty and they are
K exceeding great and precious. — His Son is for the, his
. blood was the ranſom of 5 5
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y ſoul; and he ever liveth to make
pirit is for this in conjunction
with his word he is thy ſure guide in the path to heaven, —
His grace is for thy daily ſupport, . and it js ſufficient for thee.

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hope in him.“ ; J for thee believer? Then be fure to be

M, in 5 all thou art.

et Were e who'e realm of nature mine,

That were a-preſent far too ſmall,,
e Love ſo amazing, ſo divine, . |
| « Demands my foul, my life, my all,” ·

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ee PARTY SPIRIT...
FHEN the nature

of ehriſtianity is confidered W
VY founded in love, and the tendency of divine precepts |
as leading to general and extenſive benevolence, it appears ex-
traordinary that its profeſſors fhould: fo far forget themſelves 25
to uſe mean declamations againſt thoſe who differ from them in
3 ſentiments. That the eommands of Je fus, as ſupreme

head of the Church, merit ſcrupulous. regard, and that he

is inexcuſable who violates them on the weak and preſumptu-
ous pretence of certain duties being non eſſential, is beyond dif-

pute. On the other hand, thoſe perſons act very oppoſite to

the ſpirit of the goſpel who attempt to enforce matters on the

conſciences of men without temper or prudence, who

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| | d againſt appropfiation and 'c&perience)
und add, I know it from hence He hath eglightened my dark
mid, wheteas I was blind, now 1 ſee— He ha

. affeQtions, I love the things of God; . which I once deſpiſed.
He hath renewed my will and diſpoſed it : to ſubmiſſion. - Hle
hath mortified my luſts, ſo that they do not reign, they have
not the dominion over me. He hath made his word precious

- DECLARATIONS OF SHE GQSPEle =
ſcarcely allow the poſſibility of any bei
and unchriſtianize all who differ from
_ pulpit is employed to convey invectives againſt particular ſeQs

and parties, (which too often ogcurs) utility and edification ate :
ſacrificed to vanity and party ſpirit, "Young Miniſters are part
ticularly faulty in this reſpect, as if fand of diſplaying their

ſuppoſed. abilities for- controvegſy, in all the imprudent heat
and impetuoſity of their age, they attack believers af different

denominations from themſelves, and hardly admit of ther

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bearing any reſemblance to IEsus, becauſe their features ar

not exactly alike. | Before | zudgment iS ripened by due S&K pe- a 8

rience, perhaps young preachers would do well to avoid, as

much as poſſible, engaging in controverſial points, and leave

them to ſenior miniſters, whoſe knowledge and experience being
more matured, they are better capacitated for their ſetious,
candid, and affectionate diſeuſſion. It is true, we ſhould al-

ways be ready to give a rational account of the mAtives of our

conduct when properly required; but at the ſame time, whether -

a point be diſcuſlegin public or private, in which the conſei-

ence is concerned, great tenderneſs and moderation ſhould. ag- |
company it to- the oppoſite party, The carnal hearer returns

religion, which, by the undue warmth,
to patronize diſſention and bigatry ; n
impartial chriſtian feel his Wd 3 16k

emulous to promote their diſtinguithing%
publiſh, the golpel of the Son of God.
reaſon to believe that piety would be more extended, and inf-
delity checked in its progreſs, if profeſſors were to lay aſide
party ſpirit, and keep that divine declaration in view, By this
ſhall all men know that ye are my difciples, that ye love one

another,” AT 83
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the preacher, ſeems

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THE DECLARATIONS OF THE GOSPEL WHICH

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PRESENT ENCOURAGEMENT TO SINNERS,

' SHEWN TO BE THE ALONE SOURCE OF RELIEF AND coe

ed FORT TO SAINTS. .

YO illuſtrate the truth of this poſition it ſhould be made
| evident that all gur relief and comfort muſt ariſe from
the goſpel declarations, which teſtify to ſinners the true grace
of God. . 2 1

The goſpel finds finners under the law, it ariſes upon them

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them d circumſtances, it bring: near the e wy
and ſalvation of God our Saviour, to & embraced and enjoyed

by believing. It is this exhibition of falvation by the golf 1
preſented to every ſinner which conſtitutes a ſufficient warrant
for perſons.of every deſcription” to embrace it. It is through

and that comfort is reſtored hen loft. All believers have

_ acceſs by Chriſt through faith unto the grace of God, wherein
| 8 peace with God through our Lord Jeſus
oh g in the hope of the glory of God; “ and

they are ſa ved "From bondage, guilt, and legal terrors, 17 1

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the faith of theſe comfortable truths, which report the

will of God in Chriſt towards men. The favour of God which
| relieves the conſcience and conſoles the Heart, is ee 5
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with certainty in the declarations f the goſpel
apoſtle ſpeaks of the comfort of th deere and prays that

the God of Hope would fill the faints With all joy and peace
in believing the comfortable truths contain ed ee "I theſe 4
q 862 * believers proceed 7
from theſe very truths which reveal 5 chibit divine grace to
linners.”” There is not one way of preaching the ofpel, and

things be o, it follows that all the joys

its divine corifolations'to finners, and another to believers; for

the faith delivered z the ſaints contains a common falvation,

| which belie vers embrace upon the ſame, warrant that ſinners

Mt if ſinners have the ſame warrant to

2 3 Po. Fe of the goſpel which believers have to

enjoy them; and if unbelievers are in fact deſpiſers of all the

comforts which" beljevers have in Chrift, it is evident theſe
mforts are propoſed in the fame light to ſinners who deſpiſe
| hem, and to believers who receive them.

The negle& of this ſimple truth, that all our relief and
comfort muſt ariſe from the goſpel declarations, which teſtify

unto mankind the true 8 of God, hath been the ſource of
much perplexity and diſtreſs. This way of ſtating the conſo-

lations of the goſpel hath been thought liable to objections of |
ſeveral kinds; ſome of theſe ball be ſpecified and ſhewn to be

groundleſs. .
Obj. 1. It ſeems to rejef thoſe comforts of the fairits; which are

founded on the work of the Spirit in their hearts, and wrought

by chriſtian experience and evidences, &c.—The Holy Ghoſt
comforts the ſaints as the Spirit of truth, f by giving teſtimony,

. > the belief of theſe declarations that ſinners firſt find cob fort,

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to the word of the grace of God? upon the mind, whereby the

Toul is made to know, believe, and N the truth as it is in

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proved | to 4 good purpoſe, except when. they are employed

which deſcribe the character of real chriſtians, are fo far from

imply all that is affirmed, and throw .light upon the ſubject.
_ Oby 2. This way of ſtating the comforts of the goſpel ſeems

this is not neceſſary, this is not proper in order to know whe-
ther the conſolations of the goſpel belong to us as they ſtand in
the revelation of divine grace. The goſpel is ſubverted, and
ſelf examination is made a work of the law, when the perſon
attempts to diſcover his right to goſpel comferts' by examining
his own heart. There is a wide differen& between a right to
enjoy and the actual poſſeſſion. Our right to enjoy Chriſt and
all his comforts ſtands only upon the footing of that record
which God hath given us in revealing them to ſinners as

this right, nor can the want of them in the leaſt diminiſh its
ſtrength. The actual poſſeſſion of theſe comforts that are in
Chriſt, is only the privilege of believers, and even they can
never have any ſatisfactory evidence that they enjoy theſe com-
forts, unleſs they are living in the exerciſe of that faith which
is the ſubſtance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things
not ſeen; or in other words, which ſees the promiſes of God,
which is perſuaded of them, and embraces them. Since then
the conſolations of the goſpel are actually poſſeſſed only by be-

partaker of theſe conſolations is only to be enjoyed in the exer-

tellimony of God in the free and general record of the goſpel,
it mult follow that all the relief and comfort of believers
ariſes from goſpel declarations, which teſtify unto them, as ſin-
ners, the true and ſovereign grace of God. Upon this _

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whole, juſt apprehenſions of the work of the Spirit, of religious |
experience, and of the proper uſe of thoſe marks and evidences

cite of faith ;, and fince faith is a receiving of the witneſs or

]eſus, or the declarations of the ſcripture that refer to him.
Chriſtian, experience certainly confiſts in the word of Chriſt

_ dwelling in the heart, and moulding the whole man by
irs divine energy into a glorious conformity to its precious doc-

| determine whether we be in the faith, that is, whether we be
living in the belief and comfort of the geſpel truths, and walk-
ing under their benign and ſavoury influence. Upon the

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confuting, or in any way diſagreeing with the poſition, that they

to conſider them as proper to be preached and received without
previous examination, in order to diſcover whether they belong
to us or not. It is unqueſtionably our duty to examine our-
ſelves, to prove our ow ſelves, and to know ourſelves; but

ſinners. Neither evidences nor experiences can ſtrengthen

lieving; ſince the true evidence of a perſon being actually a

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ple their comforts. pre properly the joy of faith, and de net
ring from ſelf-examination, but depend wholly. ppon the
word of God, giving unto them eternal life in Chriſt Jeſus. _
on. 3. That many of the comforts propoſed. to believers are
mt competent. to be propoſed unto ſinners, and therefore theſe
o ſolatſons thgt-are peculiar to ihem as belieyers, ought not
n confounded with the general comforts of the goſpel, which |
a ore propoſes pony who hear the goſpel.— There is undoubt- \
1 elly s great diffebence between fingers in the fleſh who are far L
__ of, and believers-in Chriſt Jeſus who are made nigh by the
dia of Chriſt. But this difference doth not nl either in
die comforts revealed to them, (as if one kind of -comfart was
|. revealed to Gnners in the record of the goſpel, and another kind
of comfort to beligyers) nor in the manner of abe theſe
comfartyt0 both, ag if they were given in one form to finners
and in another to believers. The goſpel with all its comforts |
zs ſully propoſed unto finners; unbelieyers do not embt acc
mem; but thoſe who believe ſet their ſeal to the truths of God; N

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aud when. they receive it, they take poſſeſſion of thoſe yery |
. comforts; Which were alone propoſed to ſinners; moreover, they
paſſeſs them upon the fame right that ſinners have to claim
ibem, and to uſe them. as their own mercies. Every one in
de hoſt of Iſrael bad the ſame right to gather and bring home
the manna ſor his own uſe; every man- flayer had the ſame IE
right to fly ic ſalety to ons of the cities of refuge Bod had ap-
. pointed ; every one who was ſtung with the fiery ſerpents had —
the ſame right to lock ta the brazen ſerpent for his perfect 1
cure; and every ſinner wha hears the ſound of the goſpel hat :
the very ſame right to eat the fleſh and drink the blood of the
San of Man; to fly for refuge to the hope ſet before him, and
wo believe on the Son of Man exhibited in the revelation of the -

ee
Perhaps it will be ſaid the Iſraelite was much more com-
forted when 2 gathered and eaten his allowance of manns, | 8
than when he barely perceived his right to gather and to eat it. ; 4
That the man- ſlayer was much more comforted when he knew | b
that he was actually in the city of refuge, than when he bare! .
knew that he might fly thither. That the ſtung Iſraelite ws 4
much more comforted when he was completely healed, than *
. when he only knew that he might look to the brazen ee 7
And for the ſame reaſon, a believer is much more comforted
hen he is conſcious to himſelf that he is a partaker of Chriſt, 8
than when he only knew his right to believe in Chriſt. To 7
this it may be anſwered, that the manna given from heaven | —
was the oply rel ef to the hungry Itraelite; the city of refuge | 1

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to che man: layer; and the biazen ſerpent to che wounded pu-.
tient. Even ſa, is ChrifÞ keceived by faith in the dectarations

of that goſpel which is preached to every creature, the alone

relief and comfort to thoſe who believe. |

It may be further urged, the conſciouſneſs of being filled wv
the manna, of being fafe in the city of refuge, and of bein
| healed Hy fooking to the brazen ſerpent, produced great relief -
and comfort to the perſons who enjoyed theſe benefits; and i *
conſciouſneſs of our being in Chriſt becomes a ſource of joy tao
thoſe who/Rnow they have believed in him. To this it may
he anſwered, they muſt have been relieved before they knew =
that they were relieved ; ay muſt have been comforted before
they were conſcious to themſelves that they were in a cotnfort-
able condition; and when they came to'know that they were
relieved and comforted, they came to know—what? that they , 2
were altogether indebted to the manna, to the city of refuge, | ]
and to the brazen ſerpent—theſe ordinances of God for their
whole relief and for all their comfort. The caſe is preciſely
the ſame with the ſoul, which knows that Jeſus Chriſt is re-
vealed in it. Chriſt is revealed there before the perſon knows
that he is fo revealed; and when the foul becomes ' conſcious
of this fact, it becomes conſcious that Chriſt and his complea
ſalvatiop revealed in the declarations of the goſpel ate its whole
relief, all its joy, and its alone hope. 8
Will it be thought that this ſtatement renders faith uſeleſs,
and repreſents it a matter of little conſequence for a chriſtian
to know his intereſt in Chriſt ? Such a ſentiment can only be
adopted by thoſe who err, not knowing the ſcriptutes. Faith
is of ſuch importance in the chriſtian religion, that it is the
grand mean of poſſeſſing all the bleflings of the goſpel, and of
walking in holy obedience to the law of God. The beſt way
to know our intereſt in Chriſt is to view him as revealed in the
goſpel to us as loſt ſinners. Fot this is the will of the Father,
that every one which ſeeth the Son exhibited in the teſtimony
of the word, and beligycth on him as therein revealed, may
have everlaſting life. 5 20 25 ‚ | IT
Obj. 4. That many of the privileges of the goſpel carinot
belong to any but ſaints, ſuch as exemption from the dominion
of lin, from the ſting of death, and from the wrath to come;
and therefore the comfort of all ſuch privileges muſt ariſe from
the knowledge that we have believed on Chriſt, and not fimply
from the goſpel declarations which teſtify unto. mankind the
grace of God. The privileges of the goſpel are inſeparable,
and muſt either be all enjoyed or all deſpiſed; they are all
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'., Faith ip; theſe declarations of the goſpel, and they depend on

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99. 5, Theſcriptures ſeem, on many. occaſions, to reſt the
chmifort of the ſajnts upon their holy walking ift the fear of
God. When thoſe who fear God are invidiouſly, repreſented
dy men, as if their intentions, were wicked, and, their works
were evil, it gives them great ſatisfaction under the heavieſt

| load of calumay, to. be able to fay—our rejoicing is this, he

_ -* teſtimony of our conſcience, that in Gepe tad godly hn-
- '. cerity, not in fleſbly wiſdom, but by the power of God, we
have had our converſation in the world. When men. accuſe.
dem of crimes they have never committed, without ſuffering.

| - them to vindicate their own innocenoe, it is exceedingly com-

' . _ "fortable to them to be able to refer their cauſe'to God, ſaying,
Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked iu mine integrity.

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wt ich reveal Chriſt and eternal life, as the' proviſion God hath =
made for ſaving ſinners, are an engrafted word in the heart?

the-faints ought to ſhe by their works, that they are the un-

e diſpute. But when the real ground of the chriſtian's joy
/ in the fight of God is examined, it will be found that all the
ſaints ſpeak the language of ſcripture, and are of the ſame
mind with Paul, when he expreſſed himſelf with a e
- | warmth in this important cauſe, ſaying, * God forbid. that I
mou ld glory, fave in the crofs of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt;”. and
with David when he ſaid God hath ſpoken in his holineſs,

I will rejoice ;? and they are all ſtamped with the character of
s the true circumciſion, who worſhip God in the ſpirit, who
rejoice in Chriſt Jeſus, and have no confidence in the fleſh.”
The reſult of the whole is, that the relief God has provided
for the diſtreſſed couſciences of his people, and all the comforts
he adminiſters to them, are propoſed and enjoyed in the decla-,

rations of the goſpel which Teſtify and report his free grace -
through Jeſus Ghrift to ſinners. Hence they are ſaid to walk
in the comforts of the Holy Ghoſt, while they have hope

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whether for prayer or preaching.”

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Tux Reon or MESSIAH, a Sermon preached May 13, 1798, bert
the Correſpondent Board in London, of che Society in Scotland, for propa -
gating Chriftian Knowledge in the 1 and Iſlandt, by James
STEVEN, Maxifter of the. cot, Church, Crown-Gourt, Covent Garden,

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Turk is not an object that lies nearer the heart of the diſciple of
Telos, in his heſt moments, than the honour of the Redeemer and the prof.
perity of his kingdom in the world. But when. he conſiders the moral

ate of the human race, and views. their dreadfully deprayed condition,
and the impediments which are placed by Satan and his ſervants in the
way of their conves ſion, he is ready to be diſcouraged, and, his head to
hang down Janguid deſpondency. It is therefore needful to ſet before
him the prediftions of the facred ſeripture relative to the Meſſiah's king-
dom, and the promiſes of its rapid pragreſs and univerſal extent. At a
time when ſo many hearts are engaged in miſſionary purſuits, ſubjects cf

is nature are peculiarly ſeaſonabſe. We rejoice, therefore, to ſec this
able and elegant Sermon before the Correſponding Board of the Old Scotch.
Society for propagating Chriſtian Knowledge, which we have peruſed with
much pleaſure and improvement. The plan is to confider the diſtinctive
nature of Meſſiah's kingdom; the univerſality of its extent; the perpe-
1 = duration ; with the means to be employed for its further ad-

ha *

1 the precious truths it contains be engraved on every heart; and
fol? we all be animated to purſue the glorious work of miffions with ten-

42 ſteadfaſt, immoyeable, always abovuding in the work of tte
rang gar as much as we. know, that our labour ſhall not be in vain in

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{the writer argues from the call pa me tne 1 —

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the beſt uſe they can o "the talents" they have! 3 and che liberty
which has been exertifed by laymen — and e Þooks for
the inſtruction of others. pap be — nnd — at he con ·

ocives ta he, the. danger of lay e — to 5 Ton-
fuſion into the church; to briag the office of the Gofpel miniſtry into con-
tempt, and thereby fruſtrate its bleſſed yeh 3 to. open a 4 71 r. for the diſ-

ſemination of error and deluſion; and to folter the pride, ambition, and
vain glory of the 3 mind. Under tlie laſt di vibe: the writer examines

| the paſſages of ſcripture which are uſually in favour of lay
i e, particularly Num. xi, 29. 2 Chron: xv it. 75. and | Afts1 viii.
e de no Jodgment on the merits:bf the cauſe itſelf; but, only. ob-
ſerve, that the 1 is written with temper rity. In enquiries
after tiuth, it too often happens, that the duſt wot the .

blinds the reader's eye; and by intereſting his paſſions effectually prevents
him from forming a.right ö La the a therefore,” as

Thomſon ſays, argue, but the heart be peace." |

Tux DissE NTER'S REASONS for eharating rim the Chareb of Preland-
'By the late pious and learned. for 5 GILL, 2 D. A new Edition, with
2 corredion and enlargement, $V9, 0 Pages, ove, 4 Faun,
Borrox, KNOTT, and CONDER...
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ſons, &c. was occaſioned by a — — 2 « The
man who threw out ſome unkind things reſpecting —
Vier of the'preſetit:edition, who is-not of ihe ſame - denomination of

* with the author, has giren it ſomewhat of 2 new for m. —

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well-informed Diſlenters in their ſeparation from e Taper hth |

| ANALYTICAL, COMPENDIUM, or Outlines of Sermang,.
Th x the Cappabien of 4 Sern extrafted\ from 17 2 4

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arrangement of the materials. In the firſt,” the Editor will be

juſtified by naming his authors, ho are, they, fr Eharnocky Gill,
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Jennings, Saurin, and Watts; and as to his met is ſuſſieientiy iyi
rematig, comprizing the being and 8 of God, and the leading
truths of Revelation, The prefixed Eſfay is a judicious abſtract of —_
and the whole forms an intercſting pocket volume,” more eſpecially. for
young Miniſters and thoſe 6 whoſe mugtians amore not the 3 of

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WE have already reviewed this little work with approvaton bt but are |

defired to ſay, that the Author has ayailed | himſelf
friends to intraduce ſeveral improvements in this edition,

Raten A RAI TX, 2 erenpliſd ix the b ife and death of Mrs. 2
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IT is enough to ſa that this tra correſponds with its title. Such in.
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fe, and the comfort which it yields in death,

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December roth, 1799 died of a decline, in the 22d year of his 1 age;
Iſaac Moorhouſe, of Pudſey, near Leeds. Though he had Jad fat under the
2 for ſeveral years in his health, it had not been productive of much
viſible advantage. In the former part of his illneſs there was a ſorbĩdding
reſerve ; but this progreſſively removed till he became very communica-
tive. The Miniſter whom he had attended, vifited him 3 in his laſt
illneſs, which confined him eleven weeks, . Through this p 2 * ſhort
pcs 1 be continued 22 ſink derger and deeper ! in

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* of the; and ir y of human nature, and of biv'e2
to the wrath of God, was * no pungent. When pointed 10 —
encouragements, he lamented is own unbe f and hardneſs of heart; ſay.

fs God himſelf enable me. He very ir . more prayerful
as he approached-nearer. his end, often expreſſing — intenſe longings
or vr 2 a Wot the N favear. Five — — to his diſſolution, erpe-
& in ihe throat, oceaſioned by. collected lie was
py about bim to be dead. Reviving a little, he Haid, «I

though Had heew going) but alas! 1 am not preparsd. Had. ten thou-
fand worlds, I would give them all freely for a ſenſe of the love of Sar
— re m actount nothing, 'norwithfanding ſo much ex e

iting of blood; nor woule the pain of death make me in the leaſt 2

if the Saviour would permit — heart to taſe his JIove,. , -

His night of diftrets was the darkeſt · juſt before the daw pin of s

of Rightevuſneſs z-this moſt jo ful event took place the day but one be-

fore bis death. The writer of this article being a day 1 two bo om home,
had. not the grarifcation to converſe with him in theſe ha py. moments,
til his weakneſs rendered. him nearly incapable of conver b but on
ing a friend wha had vißted him 4 Wege during this
him aurritien account. 15 what us ao recollect s * receive
ing letter: 1 5
JI; * 4 Dear Bir; * N 85 A 4 F dg. 4
As your abſence We your chinks 151 "St Moor. |
© houſe an actount of this happy change, I think it my dut 2 give you
the iiformation which I had from his own mouth. When „on the
ſabhath, December 8th, I received a meſſage that he was inexpre bly diſ.
treſſed, and longed to ſee me as ſoon as poſſible ; but in a few minutes ano-

ther meſſenger arrived with information, that. he had received the know- -

ledge of redemption ip" the blood of Chriſt ; and was rejoicing in his love.
J vent immediately to ſee him, and found a very viſible alteration.tven in
his countenance. Before I could ſpeak, be ſaid, New I have found

the love of God. Oh! that 2 po all did but feel what I now enjoy! Oh
what I do! Hnow know that religion i is no

that all the world did but fe
vain thing. I bleſs God that ever I was born to be a partaker of his love.
I call upon my'ſoul and all that is within me to, bleſs the Lord for all his
benefits. Now I: can wait without impatience agd without.dread for my
great change. Whether I have to wait long, al be diſmiſſed ſoon,
God's w'l} be mine. Repeati ing my viſit at ni
fame happy frame of mind; exprefling the ſame iments, and. uf
many of the ſame words as before. His mind was quite tranquil, an
ſuch his ſpiritual enjoyments; that he almoſt forgot bath the pains and.
wants »x the body. He repeated that hymn, entering fully into its ird,
„When I can read thy title clear 8

4 To manſions in the ſkies,” bo.
Several chriſtian brethren being preſent, we united with * thankful

hearts. in praiſing God for his unjpeakable love” to his afflifted ſervant.

He was very defirous- that all who had viffel*him in his gloomy hours,
mould know of his great deliverance ; and it afforded him no ſmall com-
fort to think how: you would rejoice with him, on hearing that he was

eſſed with a ſenſe of the love of God. Bein queſtioned about his pleaſe 7
17 P

ing change, he ſaid, 4 The: glorious light at firſt ſurprj | ; for a little

time I was almoſt overhowered; the love of God
_ eccalion my crying out with a _ —_— 0 n be to Tonk I have now
s lenſe al his love? 4 nn 8 3

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' Frei that period, though ſo deeply diſtreſſed before, it ceuld not be fer.

erived tbat he for à moment entertained, ane doubt of the reality of b
change, or the cer tainty of his future 5 8 but many times, a in

| the preateſt rapture; With fred eyes and hapds be would cry And

is this glotious light prepared for e? Glory be to God for it f. and

would chen blefs God for all his benefitg beſtewed on him. F'wijted o

dum the next morning; on entering his room he ſaid, 1 have had u very

N vue z we are all one night nearer eternity. L yet want mort
olf the love of God in my beart. Not being able much to uſe my voice in
prayer, I pray mentally, and God anſwers me; yet it would be more
_ agreeable had I ſtlength to utter my deſres. He was not vow perfe&tly
free from delirium, and I found, b many exprefſions, that his foul panted
for God, as the ſole origin of all happineſs. My laſt viſt was late the
fame evening, , Thoſe about him ſaid he had been ſeveral hours unable
to ſpeak, After ſome efforts, however, he ſpoke à bule. 'Afting i
Chriſt was ſtill ee to him, he anſwered ſmiling, He is, indeed.“
To another queſtion relative to his views of his ſtate before God, he re-
plied, I know whom I have believed, and am perſuaded that he is able
to kecp that 'Which I have committed unto him againſt that day.“ | Theſe
words he uttered with ſuch compolure and {olemtiity:as made it evident
that he Was deeply ſenſihle of their vaſt import. He then fell into a doſt,
which continued till five next morning, when his ſpirit took its flight to

the world of glory. „
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MRS. DARRACO)

On Saturday, 28th December, 1799, died aged 86, Mrs. Katharine
Darracott, widow of the late Rev. Rildon Darracott, miniſter. of the goſ-
lat Wellington, Somerſet. Mrs. D. was deicended from thoſe witneſſes
r faith and a good conſcience, the non- conformiſt Miniſters; inſtructed
in the knowledge of Chriſt from her infancy, and early taſting the power
and | hacy of the Redeemer, ſhe gave herſelf up to the Lord and to his ©
church at Barnſtaple; at 17 years of age, Upon her Ne devotedneſs to
God, ſhe often afterwards reflected wich graigful delight, ſaying, towards
the cloſe of life, that ſhe had been engbled to ſerve the Lord near 70 years.
At the age of 28 ſhe was'married to Mr. Darracott, that ſtar of the weſt,
He was a burning and ſhining light, and the Church at Wellington for a
ſeaſon rejoiced in bis Wight, as under his miniſtry they enjoyed'a remark-
adle effuſion of the Spirit and tevival of religion, which alas! was ſud,
denly interrupted by his early death, in the 424 year of his age. Since
this period, which diſſolved a connection of unuſual endearments, Mrs.
D. has remained a widow. With a mind well inſtructed in the myſteries
of the kingdom of God; and a diligent invariable, attention to ſecret de-
votion,” the at onte honoured and enjoyed the goſpel of God our Saviour,
Her wiſe znd chearful piety rendered her, in very, advanced years, highly -.+.
agreeable and uſeful to _rhoſe, young PN who were. introduced to her
acquaimance. ' She uſed to dwell with delight upon the faithfulneſs of
God io her through life, eſpecially fince her widowhood, and recommend
in the moſt encouragin manner to her children and deſcendants, to tre
that God ho tal yafo med all his promiſes to her with punctilious ve-
racity. Early in Hit, looking forward to death with ſweet anticipation,
— had made choice of the laſt verſe of the 17th Pſalm; as the text for
her funeral ſermon z and when, after Jong wiſhing to lee ſome diſcourſe

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pome.” Fon Saturday, being incapable of eli, Put perfect ly con»

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e wou by proper 1 her ſpirit into the hands of God.
When around the bed we began to intercede for her with that God,

_ In whoſe fight the death of his ſaints is precious, ſhe gave evident —
of peculiar emotion, which e till 0 — roſe from the throne of gra

and turned our eyes towards her dying p 1 when, 7 a gent

figh, K+ breathed forth her ſpirit, waft = the yiogs, to the

boſom its Redeemer. Thus did the Lord hanc fe 3

in his promiſes, and devotedneſs to his glory, wit Adee I TRY

which afforded a Briking illuſtration of the apoſtle's

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In Jeſus ;** and left each beholder, exclaiming,. « Let me die "he 1 5

the righteous, and let my latter end be Jike his.” . day, Sth
of January, a funeral ſermon was preached from her favourite text.
50 haps, may not be unuſeful 12 hate that, being, at her 24

, removed to Wellin ngton, there to be interred near the remains
her dae, when the tomb was opened, à woman who had formerly ex-
rienced great convictions of ſin under Mr. Darracott's miniſtry, but

bad ſince awfully apoſtatized, came'to ſee the remaing of her former paſtor. |
ſha ee. and filent duſt recalled the ſentĩ and feelings

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hich his animating voice firſt awakeried, and filled with terror and alarm

t her late conduct, ſhe oy forth into the moſt violent expreſſions of

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with the love of God and Qhriſt in the. ſalvation of finmersc; When k called
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MRS. MARY TATE.

ON the cath of February died at Sea Fearhorough, "Yew. Mary Tate, in n the
N of her age. dhe was much beſoved, and will be long remem-
red. "Though always a ſtrict moraliſt ſhe dig got become acquainted
with the'© rund tpecultarit ies of the'goſpel, till about the 7oth' year of her
age. When it pleaſed God to reveal his Son in her, the delighted in im
by; His ordinantes, righteouſntſs, and lation were precious
to her. She enjoyed a tomfortable ſtate of health till within five weeks
ot her death, and till the laſt retained the uſe of her faculties, Tbe 4409
whernacte was gently taken down; while the inward man was Tenewed| d
dy d "Hee rainiſter; — & theſe lines, was daily delighted to fi
her'atwention fixed on ſp and heavenly things. 10 5 3 —
more and more the er her heart, and in proportibn did the become lefs
in her don eſteem. Merey, mercy, was her cry. Suffice it to ſay ſhe
lived and died in peace. How pleatmg r to behold the effects of grace; 42

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MISSIONARY SOCIETY." 5 24s Ae"
ArTiooon the report bi ich was delivered at the General Meetings:

eſolutions (Ah, were founded thereon, would communi-

cone ne __ of the meaſures now under contemplation, yet we

— it expeil ent to appri the friends of this inſtitution more generally
our ſſtuation and p ings, in order ta engage anew their attention to
wears cauſe, and produce that degree of es · operation which is requiſite to

. give efficacy and ſucceſs to our plans.

The i _—_ meaſure of circulating a large e. edition of the New Teſta-
ment, with propriate preface, in France and Belgium, has been
placed in the a of a Committee, who are diligently employed in pro-

_ curing ſuch i formation, and NE. ſuch inſtruments as may enable

them to carry it into'effe& in the moſt advantageous manner. It will af-.

ford ſatisfaction to the religious public to be ns, that the Directors

have alſo taken into their conſideration the immenſe number of French

— in different parts of the kingdom, whoſe ſituation may pro-
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might, be ufefully occupied in the peruſal of ſmall treqziſes on ſerious Fly

jects; and have determined to diſtribute among them a number ot ſuitable
tracts in the French language, in the hope that through the divine blę ing,

this benevolent attention to their higheſt intereſts may not only be ſugcels ·
ful in reſpect to ſome of thoſe unfortunate capiives, but through their
means be more extenſively uſeful in their n cõuntry. S *

The ſtabtith 920
another meaſure which we are now anxious to agcompliſn, and we hope

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ſoon to be able to announce, that an appointment of a tutor has been made,

whoſe talents and zeal qualify him, in the moſt ſatis factory degree, to ful fl
the duties of this important ſtation, which we conſider to he connected
with very encouraging proſpects of eventual uſefulneſs to the Kingdom of
Chriſt. among the heathen, —We-wiſh it, therefore, to be generally under-
ſtood, that we are now ready

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ment of -a Seminary for the instruction. of, Miſſidoarics is ©

deſirous: of devoting themſelves to this cauſe, and of receiving the advan-

tage of a courſe of inſtruction for about two, years, preparatory to, their

actual entrance on miſſionary labours. Such perſons are requeſted to in-
timate their wiſhes to the Rev. Mr. Eyre, who continues, for the preſent, 5
the office of Secretary, and who will bring their application before the

appropriate Committee.

miſſionary efforts in Afriga, by the Cape of Good, Ho „and the favou,
able circumſtances hich our diſpatches from that quarter deſcribe in con-.

Pp 1 5 7 i ; „ Bs 2 God ] ⁰ i $43 &#*: 4s 5.4 ; "x4 6- R
The encouragement which Dr. Vanderkemp gives us to extent our

vour-

firmation of his judgment, induce us to regard this ſtation ban, eier
en

further attention. Already three brethren, now in Hollard have bee
recommended to us by the Society there; and they alſo manifeſt a ve
commendable degree of liberality, in contributing to the, ſupport of this
miſſion, notwithſtanding the peculiar preſſure of the times in that country.
Theſe Miſſionaries we have with pleaſure accepted: one of whom is Mr,
Bekker, who, having tefided ſeveral. years at Stellenboſch, about - 50 miles
interior from the Cape, is deſirous of returning with his family to. that
ſtation, that he may conſecrate himſelf to the ſervice of Chriſt, agong the
contiguous heathen. The refidence of this Brother for a ſhort time in this
city, impreſſed us with favourable ſenti nents of his piety and true deyot-
edneſs of heart to this cauſ e. .

In our miſſions to this part of Africa, we have hitherto aſſociated Eng-
lich and Dutch bretbren together, it being of importance that both lan-
guages ſhould be underſtood. We are, therefore, deſirous of ſendinj
three of our countrymen with the three foreign Miſſionaries i
to, provided that ſuch. perſons ſhould: offer themſelves as can be ſent out
with ſatisfaRtion.'- - 2 7 |

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We wiſh it, alſo, to be underſtood by the friends to this cauſe, that they
will render it an important ſervice by directing their attention to the
means of procuring proper perſons for the Miſſionary work; and that it

is our deſire that, in general, a ſuitable interval ſhould elapſe betwixt the
time of their being accepted, and their actual entrance among the heathen,
This regulation we deem of great importance, as a mean of communi.

cating additional qualifications to them, giving them more juſt ideas of

the nature, duties, difficulties, and dangers of the ſervice they embark
n; aſcertaining in ſome degree their. ability, and giving them alſo a
ſufficient opportunity to refle& fully on the ſubject, and change their re-
ſolution it they ſhould ſee ground for it. We deprecate the cucumſtance
of ſending out Miſſipnaries upon flight acquaintance, and would encou-

rage none to engage in this work but ſuch as have reflected upon it for a

Vor. VIII. 3 A ſuitabie

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| Kiitable/Jength' df tiene, and who, having properly conſidered the (elf
denial; and various ſacriſices it *59wplies, have e ee Nee in

the divine ſtrength, and from à principle of love to Chriſt, and compaf-

ſion to the ſouls of men, to devote themſelves thereto. We are earneſtly

defirous of having, by this means, a band of faithful Miſſionaries always in
readineſs, and requeſt the religious publie will particularly obſerve that
there are various openings for our exertions which are not ſupplied, be-

eauſe we are not in poſſeſſion of fuitable inſtruments for the work. Chriſ-
© tians! bow long ſhall it continue a reproach to us that the heathen world
is acceſſible to the Goſpel in various quarters, but that there are no he-

ralds in readineſs to announce among them the proclamations of peace

from Heaven? Who that beheld the multitudes aſſembled at our anni-

verſary meetings, and felt their animating impreſſion, could entertain the
idea that Miſſionaries would be wanting in the ſervice of the; Saviour;

und who, eſpecially, that there obſerved the number of faithful and zealous

Miniſters of the Goſpel, who ſtatedly preſide over flouriſhing churches,
and are active in their Maſter*s work, would have concluded that ſo few
from theſe extenſive congregations ſhould have yet offered themſelves ?
Oh l! let not your zeal for the kingdom of Chriſt among the heathen lan-

iſh. Let its ſacred ardours, be re-kindled ; let every individual con-

| _ * » fider that it is his peculiar duty in relation to this ſubject, and let every

pc be convened to diſcuſs the weighty queſtion, whether it does
not belong to each of them to have the honour of furniſhing at leaſt ane
faithful Miſſionary to the periſhing heathen, n.
R By Order of the Directors,

5th July, #200, , |

- MISSIONARY SOCIETY;

+ SINCE our laſt communication to the Public, additional Intelligence

has been received' both from Port 'Jackflm and Otaheite.
Mr. Hodges and his wife, and Mr. W. Puckey, part of the Miſſiona-

ries who went to Port Jackſon from Otaheite, have lately arrived in Eng -

land. Our readers will recolle& that Mr, Hodges is the Miſſionary who

had the misfortune to break his leg juſt before the arrival of the Nautilus.

Mr. H. bas brought with him a native Otaheitan, about ten years old,

who appears to be a boy of excellent parts. On a five months paſſage

from Port Jackſon to Bengal, he acquired the Moor's language from 2
lad of that nation on board the ſame ſnip; and while at the Cape, he learned
to ſpeak Dutch. Mr. H. has taught him to write and ſpeak Engliſh;
And which is of far more importance, has inſtrutted him in the principles
of the Chriſtian Religion. e eee ee e
From the above NMiffionaries, and the papers they have brought with
"them, a variety of Miffienary information has been derived, the moſt in-
tereſting particulars of which we hope to be able to lay before our readers
in ſome future number.. OY eee
Farther journals have been received from Dr. Vanderkemp, completing
the narrative of his miſſionary labours, up to the end of laſt year. After
a ſeries of peculiar hardſhips, under which he appears to have been pſo-
videntially ſupported, we have the pleaſure to find that he had reached the
int of his deſtination, and was ſettled in Caffraria; but we are,concer
te add, that Mr. Edmond who thus far accompanied him; has ſince de-
ſerted him, and returned to the Cape, with a view to undertake a —

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gon to another part of the world. He has aſſigned his reaſons to the Di -·

rectors of the Miſſionary Society, but we underſtand they have appeafed ſo
far from ſatisfactory, that they have thought proper to conſider him as o

longer connected with their Society. The Doctor acquainting his brother

miſſionaries among the Boſehemen of his peculiar circumſtances, Mr.
Edwards readily went to his aſſiſtan ce. ab

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EXTRACTS FROM DR. VANDERKEMP's JOURNALs '

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[A, the events preceding the 14th of Auguſt have been already anticipated by

other Letters in our former Numbers, <we ſball only continue our extrafts
from tbat period.) * | | :

3
VE ſaw a fire E. S. E. from us on the mountains, in the way to Caffre-
land, This we ſuppoſed to be the fire of Piet Prinſlo, and we an-
ſwered it by a fire from our fide. In the afternoon we all removed to the
houſe of Vanderwaldt. There Brother Edmond and I lodged ourſelves in
a houſe at the foot of the hill. Here we ſaw a ſecond fire, and ſoon after
Piet Prinſlo arrived ;- he ſaid that T*Geika intended to keep peace with the
coloniſts, and to prote& them, offering them a piece of ground between the
Kacha' mountains, and the Konap river; that he had ſent out four deputies
to proclaim that all hoſtilities committed by his ſubjects were againſt his
will, and immediately to put a ſtop to them. | I e ee /
Aug. 15. Laſt night a body ot Caffrees came cloſe to our houſe, but being
diſcovered, they went back, and this _—_— "Geika's men arrived, and
ſaid at this farm. In the evening the ankian Caffices again ap-
peared, but kept themſelves in the river: our dogs flew at them, and as
ſoon as one of T*Geika's men. ordered them to make their retreat, they
obeyed. : e
x A meſſenger of Mr. Grobelin arrived, requeſting that I would ſtay and
preach next Sunday. I anfwered that I had every night worſhip, and
preached every Sunday to every one who choſe to hear.
17.1 aſked the four Caffrees if they would accompany me to Caffreland,
and then return again to their ſtation, as our Orikootzo had declared, that
he would never return to his country for fear of being murdered by his
own people: They anſwered, that their time probably would not permit
this, I .then propoſed, that one 6! them, at leaſt, ſhould go with me to
ſhew us the way. This they declined, alledging that they were ordered
to ſtay together; as it appeared plainly, that they were not diſpoſed to give
us any aſſiſtance, we concluded that T*Geikaanuft have changed his mind
from one or other prejudice againſt us. ' „% On ng
18. Brother Edmond reſolved to go on horſeback to Graaff Reinet,
with Bruintje, to carry our letters. I gave him a letter to the Landdroft,
and to Brother Kicherer, and a packet for Mrs. Mulder at the Cape, in-
cluding a letter to the Fiſcal Ryneveld, one to Dr. Haweis, our journal
from April to June, and a letter to Mr. Vanderkemp, at the Hague. They
departed after I had preached to about ninety people, from Leviticus xix.
1 ro, collected for the church of Graaff Reinet, and ſet apart next
Thurſday, the 22d of this month, as a day of ſolemn prayer, and humilia-
tion, by the unanimous conſent of the people then preſent. .
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for th&n-every evening in my own rooms I explained to them the Lords
paſſion, the meaning of his laſt ſupper, and baptiſm. They knew the
evening hymn; and Pf. cxviii, by heart, and tung them, in a peculiar tune,
remarkabiy well. A Hottentot girl was precentor in theſe meetings; their
number was from fifteen to twenty. After we bad fung, I catechized
them, and then we had a free converſation. 77 (Ä

22. We had our ſolemn prayer day on account of the dangerous times.
Lptreacheifrom Pf. xciv. 1a, 1). ge To |

24. This morning Mrs, Vanderw¾aldt viſited:me, and told me ſhe was
much troubled in her mind. I aſked her if ſhe was afraid of the Caffrees ?
She laid, : No! Since you exerciſed laſt werk on Martha and Mary, I
loſt all my external troubles, but they ſeem to he diſpelled by an inward

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one, Which lays heavy* upon my heart. I am reſtleis on account of the

concerns of my ſoul.“ I then had a converſation with ber, which I hope

left ſomg durable impreſſions on her mind. As it is familiar with ſerious

Heathens to dream of Jeſus Chriſt, and as I ſometimes ſpoke with them
about theie dreams, two of them of a leſs ſerious temper came to me, de-
ſiring that I would tell them their fortune from the dreams they had. |
25. I preached on Gal. ii. 17, 18. During ſermon I ſaw Brother
Edmond and Bruintje, accompanied by ſome armed Hotentots, arriving
from Graaf Reinet. He brought me a leiter of the Eanddroſt, one of Rev.

Mr. Vos, and one of Brother Edwards, telling us that he, and Brother

Kicherer, by the aſſiſtance of the inhabitants, were enabled to depart from
Roodezand the 25th of June to Floris Viſſer, who was to introduce them
among the Boſchemen. . 5 e yet OP

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# Piet Prinſlo arrived with an extract out of the reſolutions of the Land.
droſt, and Heemraaden, by which they embraced the propofals of peace
concluded with T*Geika, under approbation of General Vandeleur. I
thought this was the time which we ought to embrace, in order to try a ſe-

cond time to enter into Caffraria, Brother Edmond was of a contrary
opinion, being afraid that we provoked God, who had once delivered us

from death, by puſhing forward into new dangers. . He ſubmitted, how-

Zacger, and flept at the farm of Hend. Pretorius, where we
. ily of Cobus Kaſmus of Bypintje's hoogte.

ever, to accompany me, as he ſaw no means of going back into the colony,
Accordingly we prepared for our journey, | LO ee. |
28, We got bread baked, and ſent Valentin on horſeback to look after
two oxen, which were loſt. In his abſence Henry found the oxen, ſo we
departed without Valentin, leaving a team of our oxen to the care ot Cobus
found the fa.

29. Valentin returned yelterday very late to Vanderwaldt, who, findin
him in the, night\among his ſervants, and ſuſpecting him of ſome ba
ſcheme, put a chain round his neck, and ſem. him by Piet Niemand, and
an armed Hottentot, this day to us. Examining the cafe we found him
innocent. I explained in our tent the ſubſtance of Rom. viii. where Pre-
torius, Krieger, Raſmus, and their families, attended, I alſo wrote a letter
to Doontje Van Heerden. |

30. We bought eight ſheep, which we committed to Cobus Krieger,
who, with his family, and Piet Prinſlo, departed, We prepared for our
journey, but hunted a young untaught ox with twelve or tourteen hounds,
t;om 19 till 3 o'chock, and then departed. But Henry driving the waggon
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too hard, in order to tame this unruly ox, was thrown down from his ſeat,
and the fore-wheel ran over his clavicula and breaſt, wounded his foot, and
tore his great toe. We put him in the pri and then upon a horſe, but
the pain which he ſuffered, from the ſhaking of both, was intolerable.
We therefore ſtopped, and pitched our tent near the Tarka. _
31. I was obliged to bleed Henry, for fear of too much inflammation.
September 1. We ſent Bruintje to H. Pretorius, and to Vanderwaldt, to
buy a horſe, that I might ride with him to T' Geika, leaving Henry and
the waggon to the care of Brother Edmond. I found the latitude ot this
place; below the houſe of H. Pretorius, where the Tarkaruns, E. and W.
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. +. Bruintje returned with a horſe, which he had bought from Mr. Van-
derwaldt, and a letter of his, begging us to return to his houſe, His hea-
then people alſo requeſted me to come back to them. I communicated my
lan to Bruintje, who diſapproved of it, as extremely dangerous... He faid,
that the Caffrees, ſeeing our muſquets, had oblerved that theſe (pointing
to the bayonets), were the, very Engliſh inſtruments by which their coun-
u ymen were treacherouſly- murdered ; that they looked upon us as ſent to
betray them, and certainly would kill us at the firit recommencement of
the war, Satan preſſed me very hard; but the mere the difficulties and
dangers were mentioned, the more I was excited in my mind to go forward,
and found my faith merraſed. I prayed to experience the ſame favour,
which l had once ſo remarkably enjoyed at Amiterdam, in 1798, and IL
found my mind eaſy, and at reſt in the Lord. | 5 |
3. We let Henry, at his dehre, go to Vanderwaldt, and farther, to the
warm bath. As nothing detained us now to go on with the waggon ex-
cept the want of a driver, I went with Bruintje on horſeback to the Claa-
ciwe Krane, where Krieger, Piet Prinſlo, and the four Catirees were en-
camped, aſking for a driver, but they had none. The Caftre:s they offered
to drive our oxen, if we would ſtay tall they ſhould go to their country: we
alſo ſent Valentin to Vanderweldt for a driver, and to pay the horſe,

4. I walked to H. Pretorius* for bread, as we had nothing to eat but
oſtrichesꝰ eggs. Valentine returned with young: Vanderweldt, who offered
to drive our oxen to the Claaciwe Krans, but told us that Piet Prinſlo and
his company had left that place. We then thanked him for h's Kkindneis,
and told him, that we would drive our oxen ourielves, truſting on the help

of the Lord, | : |

5. We loſt our ſecond horſe, and I went to the farm of H. Pretorius to
enquire for it; but before I returned, the horſe was found. We then pro-
ceeded on our journey with Bruintje and Valentin alone, and left the Taka,
croiſhg it from its right fide to the left. We directed our coule firſt
S. S. W. then S., and ſtopped at the great iſh river, which runs here

from W. to E. The wolves, and oftriches laying eggs, dilturbed our-ſleep
by their noiſe, We found here thouſands of aſoës in bloſſom upon the
rocks, their ſtalks being not perpendicular to the hoi izon, but rather to the
ſurface of the rock, |
6. We departed at 10 o'clock, paſted the fiſn river from its left to the
right lide, and four miles farther, again from the right to the left, and ar-
rived at 8 o'clock, baving paſſed the Baviaans r:ver, from right to left, at
_ Cobus Krieger's firm, where we were welcomed by the cries of a number
of baboons and wolves, The hontes were burnt own ro the ground, but
the kraals and corn till on fire. Here we found Piet Prinilo and the four

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none of them would accompany us on the road, wtiich we were obliged
make for our waggon. We had this day a heavy rain. 8
8. We left twelve oxen and ſeven ſheep to the care of Krieger, and took
a. large dog with us. We went at firſt weſt; and then turned ſouth, and at-
terwards eaſt, round the foot of a mountain. Klaas and Hannes over-
took us on horſeback in the afternoon, direct ing us in the road, which we
had loſt. We were obliged to cut our way with the axe and ſpade, through
river, in order to get in it. We then aſcended by Kacha hovgte on foot,
- which put me in mind of the hill of Difficulty. From its ſummit we had a
proſpect into Caffreland, and after Klaas had ſhewn us our way through
it, he bade us farewel, and returned. We then deſcended into this de-
lightful country, quite different from that which we left, and ſtopped in a
een field cloſe to a river, which ſprings from the Kacha mountains. We
found no water in it, hut digging a hole in its bed we got ſome water. At
night we had a thunder ſtorm, with heavy rain, ſo that the next morning
(9) the river was full of water. Laſt night Valentin diſcovered lions lay-
ing in the river; and in the morning we ſaw and heard hundreds of parrots.
The rain continuing all the day, we were obliged to ſtay where we were,
Ti on account of the ſlippery and heavy clay-ground, Numbers of kwaggas,
ww and parrots viſited us. BB
* 210. We departed at 12 o'clock, paſſed the river, went ſouth by eaſt, and
at a ſtream running in a contrary direction. Here I ſaw ſnails, of
which the ſhell was 34 inches long, and 2 inches in diameter. Valentin
caught a young ſpring- cock alive, but our dogs devoured it.
11. In the morning Brother Edmond fired a ſhot, and I obſerved that
ſome kwaggas, which ſtood n.arus, ſeemed not in the leaſt frightened by its
report. We ſtopped at the Koppinnga (T' Konap), and ſlept there, as we
could not pals it. | SE. 264 7
12. In tlie morning I endeavoured to ford the river, which was fallen
5 uf about a foot, but the rapidity of the ſtream carried me away, fo that I could
not judge of us depth, but was glad to be enabled to 1 by ſwimming,
| the tide from which I let out. Bruintje and Valentin then went on horſe-

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as they thought wore convenient. We then departed at 5% o'clock in the

afternoon, and encamped. about two miles from its right ſide. /
. A. We approached the river this morning, and found it uiffordable,

river has many cataracts. - A honey-diſcoverer called us, and brought
| Bruintje, who followed him, to a bee's neft, where he got moſt excellent
honey. This creature, when it comes to the neſt changes its uſual note,
and indicates the place of the neſt-by a diſtingniſhing call. f 1
14. I forded the river, and found it paſſable. We prepared a way
through it with the axe and ſpade, in which labour Brother Edmond ex-

3 0 clock. We had three days ſucceſſive rain, and as this continued, we
pitched our tent. One of Piet Priuſſo's men came to us, being ſeparated

from his matter by hunting, and told us that T Geika had ſent out a Caf-
wy free to look tor us, and ſhew us the way; and that he and his maſter were
nl returning to the country of the Chriſtians. Soon after this Caffree, called
*. Sonk*hinkee, arrived: he ſpoke a little Dutch, attended to our family wor-
ſhip, and flept in our tent. We found here hundreds of kwaggas. i
15. We departed in the morning. Our dogs hunted and caught a young

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back higher up the river, to look for a more fordable place, and found one,

though I rode up and down its banks for a more favourable place. This

erred himſelf very much, and we got over it ſafe by the help of the Lord at

ſpring- ccck ahve, We ſtopped at a ſmall river, which diſcharges itſelf in
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16. We paſſed the ſtream, andencamped. on the right ſide of the Katri-
ver, and while we were ſitting in our tent at night, talking how we ſhould
get victuals to maintain our life, we ſaw unexpeRtedly a number of wild
onions juſt before us, growing in the tent, of a delicious flavour.

17. We diſcovered that all the field was full of theſe onions, hich gave
us a nice break ſaſt. We then paſſed the Katriver, und five or ſix leſſer
ftreams, with much labour, and difficulty, being obliged to cut our way þ
through woods, and flones. At noon we ſaw plenty of cattle on the \ 8
mountains. This was the firſt mark of habitation we ſaw ſince the-$th,
when we left Krieger's farm. Soon after we heard the barking of dogs,
and arrived at a kraal of Caffrees. Theſe people gazed at us, and begged
many things. We gave them a little tobacco, and we allowed them to cut
two or three buttons from our trowſers with their aſſagais for their wo-
men; one of them deſired very much to have the chain of my horſe's bridle,
which T, however, refuſed. We had a river, running over a rocky bed, on
both ſides covered with trees, before us. This we filled up with trees and

branches, and then proceeded. The Caffrees followed us till we (pitched
our tent at night, and then returned. Eee |
18. In the morning ſome Caffrees, from kraals in the neighbourhood,
viſited us, and we broke up. We met with a herd of Caffree'oxen, which,
ſeemingly ſurpriſed to ſee our oxen tied to a waggon, began to-gallop acroſs
our road, and frightened them, which turning back, broke the ſhaft, and
tore our waggon to pieces. We then ſent Sonk' hinkee to 'T*Geika to
inform him of our ſituation, and in the mean time Brother Edmond and
Bruintje went to work to repair the tand and ſhaft. We received again
ſome viſits of the Caffrees, and we heard that T*Geika had ſent for Koen-
raad Beais, a Dutch fugitive, who was exiled and outlawed for ſome: poli-
=_ cauſes, from the country of the Tambouchis, and had arrived two days
nce. | | | $74

19. We got our waggon repaired, and proceeded on our way. We

_ paſled the night on this fide of a river, the bed of which was very craggy,
near a-kraal, the people of which behaved very civil and quiet. „

20. After we had cut a way through the wood, and filled up the river,
we went on, and arrived at one of T'Geika's cattle kraals, then the place

of his reſidence, near the river T*Chommi, which diſcharges itſelf in the
T' Keikamma. About a hundred Caffrees flocked together, and we en-
uired tor King T'Geika; but nobody anſwered. After we had waited
ſor about ten minutes in ſuſpenſe, the king approached in a majeſtie and
ſolemn attitude, advancing flowly, attended on each fide by one of his
chiet men. He was covered with a long robe of panther's ſkins, and
wore a diadem of copper, and another of beads round his head. He had
in his hand an iron kiri, and his cheeks and lips were painted red. He
ſtopped about twenty paces from us, and one of bis captains then ſigni-
fied, that it was the king. We then ſtepped towards him, and he at the
lame time marched forward. He reached us his right hand; but ſpoke.
not a word, I then delivered him his tobacco-hox, which we had filled
with buttons. He accepted it, and gave it to one of his attendants. At
a diſtance behind him ſtood his captains and women, in the form of a.
half moon, and at a great diſtance the reſt of the people. During all
this time he moved not an eye-lid, nor changed the leaſt feature in his
countenance, I then aſked loudly, if there were no body who could
| ſpeak Dutch, and ſerve as an interpreter ; but nobody ſpoke, only ſome
imiled. Having ſtaid thus about a quarter of an hour, a white man
arrived drefled in the European faſhion, which we took to EY
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Bays. e ton advanced, and fat down upon an ant's hill. Bays
placed himfelf at his left hand, and his captains fat down round him upon
the ground. 'T*Geika then aſked, by means of Buys, if this tobacco box
vas imended for him? I rephed, that it was the king's own tobacco- box,

hic we returned to him as a token that we were the very men to whom
he had ſent it, but that we would not return it empty. He ſaid, that he

"thanked us, and that he was much pleaſed. to fee that we put ſo much
confidence in him, and had done well to come to him, deſiring now to
know what our intention was, and what we deſired of him. I antwered,
that our object was to inſtruct him and his people in matters which could

make them happy in this life, and after death; that we only aſked his
leave to ſettle ourſelves, or rather myſelf, (as this my brother probabiy
would go to another country) in his land, expecting his friendſhip, pro-
.teftion, and liberty to return to my on country when I ſhould judge it
expedient. I then addreſſed Mr. Buys, and faid, I ſuppoſe you are Mr.
Buys, and underſtand theſe things; the Lord has ſent me to preach the
"Goſpel to this people, after I ſhall have attained their language. This

1 know, ſaid Mr. Buys, the Goſpel mutt be preached to all nations, but
you are come at a. very improper time. 'T'Geika continted, that we
were come at a very unfavourable period, that all the country was ith

- confuſion, though he intended nothing but peace and tranquillity, having
no part in the hoſtilities-which ſubſiſted between the Engliſh and ſome of

the Caffrees. He adviſed us, therefore, not to ſtay with him. Your peo-

"ple, ſaid he, look upon me as a great man, but I am not able to entertain
you as you ought to be entertained : you look for ſafety and vett, but 1
can myſelf find no ſafety nor reſting- place, being in perpetual] danger on
account of my enemies, nor can I protect you, as I cannot protect myſelf,

I ſaid, that we were. only private men, willing to provide for ourſelves;

that we did not ſuppoſe that he could remove the common calamities of
war, but that we would bear them with patience ; that we aſked for no
other protection than he was able to give the meaneſt of his GabjeRts, and
which Buys, himſelf enjoyed. He repeated, that he did not adviſe us to ſtay
in his country, as not calculated for our manner of living. He gave us,
however, leave to unyoke our oxen, and to pitch our tent, and aſłed if we
had brought any thing more with us. I then offered him the ' preſents
- . which we bad brought for him, his mother, and his uncle, TIlanbe;

and upon his obſerving that his preſents were not ſo handſome as thoſe

of the two others, we added ſome buttons, knives, &c. for which he
. thanked us. I then gave to Buys a letter, written by the Rev. Mr. Bal-
lot. He ſaid, that he found himſelf obliged: to declare, that he could by
no means meddle with our affairs, nor give us any aſſiſtance. The king
came afterwards to ſee, our tent and waggon, and obſerving a looking
glaſs larger than we had given him, deſired to have it. I faid it belonged
to my brother Edmond, who gave. it him, providing he returned the
{mailer one, which we had given him. This he promiſed. Every
thing preſented an unfavourable appearance; but I found my reft and
ſtrength in the Lord, and got much comfort from Pſalm Ixxvii, efpeciaily
the 11th verſe, according to the Dutch tranſlation. |

The king viſited us, ate ſome of our biſcuit, and brought back

the ſmall]. looking-glaſs. In the afternoon I was examined in Dutch by
+ a Bengaleeſi interpreter (ſent by T*Geika's mother to welcome us) before
two - judges, and confronted with Bruintje in the Hoitentot tongue.
Many queſtions were put concerning our. plan, political connexions,
and if we were not ſent over by the Engliſh, To this I anſwered 1n the

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negative; but ſaid, that we had found favour from every govermnent with

which we had to do; that the Engliſh governor had permitted us to go to
and fro the colony, and had given us a paſſport and a letter to General
Vandeleur, not to hinder us; forgetting thus to mention, our great Maſ-

ter, by whom we were ſent. © Did then, continued he, this plan ſpring
forth only out of your own: heart? This very queſtion upbraided me of
my unfaithfulneſs, and put this aniwer into my. mouth: that this my
plan was indeed formed only in my own heart, though it neyer was
formed by it: but that the God. of heaven and earth, in whoſe hand
were their hearts, and my heart, had put into it to go to this people,
and to communicate in his name things with which their temporal and
eternal happineſs was connected. Thus it pleaſed my Lord to put, by
their queſtion, the proper anſwer into my, mouth. They then retired,
ſeemingly well ſatisfied. This night, king T'Geika made us a preſent
of a fat cow. We had thunder and rain. Mr. Buys vitlited us alſo this
day, and Hoby, the king's fiſter, brought us a baſket with thick, and
another with ſweet milk. ug Dy

Liſt night, when it rained very hard, ſo that our tent, beds, &c. were
entirely inundated, Hoby came with one of her women near the tent, re-
peatedly calling me by the name Haniza ! (which ſhe had introduced,
though the king, and the moſt part of the people, called me Tink hanna)
at length ſhe got in, and defired to ſleep in it. We then * her out;
ſhe then begged to have a cow's ſkin, to tie it to the door of her hut, to
keep out the rain, which accordingly was given her. This day the king
viſited, and inſtructed us in the Caffree language, and held a council in
our tent with his captains, and ſome people ſent by T*Ziambi, concerning
our matters. We gave to T'Geika one of our muſkets, and ſome ſhot,
which he wiſhed much for. The Moor ſent by 'T'Geika's mother re-
turned to her this day, and I gave him a handkerchief tor her. This
evening we were informed, that we were repreſented to the king by Piet
Prinſlo as ſpies and aſſaſſinators, that we had enchanted poiſoned wine
with us to kill T'Geika by it, adviſing him to keep us priſoners till he
would come to convict us of this crime, and warning him not to taſte of
our wine, I thanked my dear Maſter for this diſcovery, and he com-
forted my ſoul by means of Pſalm vii. TL

23. I communicated to Buys what we had heard of the mentioned
acculition, He confirmed the fad, but would not name the accuſer.
Ile ſaid, it had made ſtrong impreſſions on the mind cf the king and the
nation, and that he himſelf had been much prejudiced againſt us; but he
hoped that they were entirely effaced, at leaſt out of the miod of the
king, who was new inclined to allow us to ſtay in his country; but that
he made it his rule never to reſolve upon any matter of ſome conſequence
unleſs he had previouſly taken in the advice of his mother, uncle
T'Zlambi, and his filter, to whom he had ſent meſſengers. Uſually Hoby,

and a daughter of the great Khambouzie (ſurnamed Chachabee) pro-

vided us with milk. |
24. In the morning Buys attended at our family werſhip, and told us
ie was convinced that God had ſent us; he would be our friend, come
down himſelf, with his children and family out of the country cf the
Tamboukis to build an houſe fur me on the other fide of the great river
eſkamma. How inexpreſſibly wonderful are thy ways, Oh, our
God! T'Geika aſked this morning to have our gridiron, ſaying, he
would not aſk any more of our utenſils, I anſwered, that it was the
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only inſtrument we had to roaſt our meat, but that I left it to his on
deciſion to take it or not. He then ſaid he would not deprive us of it;
but afterwards be ſent for it, and we gave it him.

25. I gave to T'Zlatza, T*'Ziambi's_ brother, a knife and a looking-
glaſs, The k ng received his meſſengers from the theatre of war, and
heard their reports in our tent. Afterwards he ipſtructed me in his lan-
guage, and taking notice that I never wore a hat, aſked me, if God had
ordered me to do ſo, or if it were by my own choice ? 1] obſerved that he
expreſſed the Deity by the Hottentot name Tuik=a, to ſupply, in this

"*1eipeR, the defect of his native language. He then din“ d in our tent.

26. T Geika viſited us in the morning. Hoby, Cepoebana, Noemza,
Gamnadama, and ſome other women came in to. bring us milk. They
howled and danced as deſperate people whillt I was ready to worſhip with
our people. Joſt before I had got ſtrength from Plalm xlvi, and now
| Rev. 11. 26, mone bright upon my mind. I looked up fo God, read,
and prayed on our knees in their preſence, and they ftood ſilent, ſpeaking
not one word. Brother Edmond was this day very ill, and feveriſh. with
pains in his bowels, being not accuſtomed to live in the Caffree way, He
was al'o much troubled in his mind.

27. A rainy day. A Caffree brought us ſome mutton, —Hoby and
her company were this day troubleſome by. their ſports.

: 28, Brother Edmond found himfe.f better, to day, and more com-
orted, 85

30. T'Geika has as yet not given us a formal anſwer upon my propo-
ſition of ſtaying in this country upon the mentioned conditions. But as
we have ſeen ſo many wonders of our Lord's hand, over-ruling the hearts
of this barbarous naticn, and the machinations of our ſecret enemies to
deſtroy our lives by their hands (all which: we confider as wreſtlings of
Saian to keep us from what might be juſtly called his territory) we may,
by anticipation, ſay, that in our next quarter we hope to record moie
wonders than theſe, to the glory and praiſe of him who has the key ot
David; he who openeth and no man ſhutteth, and ſhutteth and no mas

openeth, Amen, and Amen! -
C To be continued. ,

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM HOLLAND. 0
. Rotterdam, 55 Fuh, 1800.

- Dear and worthy Friend and Brother,

T HAVE the honour to remit you the incloſcd bill ef exchange of 491.
ſterſing, on account of our Society; pleaſe to inform us of its receipt
in due time, as alſo of all the occuriences of your Society, and to acquaint
us of all the intelligence you get from abroad. We thank Rev. M. Eye
for the printed letter he lately ſent us. Laſt week we had a general 1 mee!-
ing of all the directing members in this country. The Lord was in the
midſt of us, and all the members ſeemed to be influenced with a N of
zeal and activity to promote, every one in his tation, the concerns and 1
tereſts of the Socie! „ lee Lord's Spirit ſeems to viſit ſexeral congre: 7
tions in different parts of our country. Laſt week I was told by one ©
our worthy miniſters, that in a certain village, where he had been forme.

paltor, the Lord had brought fixty perſous, and among them ſome of 1

/ RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE., - 347

bad characters, to ſuch a ſtate of convition, that of moſt of them it could
be hoped that they would Arey be turned to the Lord. In our congre-

gation here, though we are bleſſe 4
true piety, we don't remarkably hear of a work of converſion, Yet the
preaching of a pure goſpel, with which we are blefled, is not without
power to them that believe, % 3

I lately took the freedom to direct to you a letter to Mr. Baſtiaan T romp,
one of our miſſionaties; but as I hear that he deparied before it couid
reach his hands, I defire you, before you forward it to him to the Cape,
to open it, and to take out of it a Letter directed to the Rev. Mr. Js
Newton, Rector of St. May Woolnoth Church, and to forward it to
him, PEN | |

In hope you will excuſe my freedom, I remain with the beſt wiſhes,
moſt ſincerely your affe ctionate friend and brother in our Lord, |

CORN. BREM.

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from the 25th of June to the 25th of J ly, 1800.

Rev. Mr. Slatterie and Friends, Chatham, | L-10 10 0
Rev. Mr. Eaſton and praying Societ;, at his Meeting, |
M:les's-Lane, Cannon ſtreet 5 3
Rev. Mr. Sibree and Friends, Frome 3: 60
Rev. Jn. Potticary and Congregation, Newport, Iſle of 2 5 .
Wight 8 | | | FM

COLLECTIONS, &c. received by the Treaſurer of the Mi nary Society,

— — —
. KENT ASSOCIATION.

ON Wedneſday the gth of July, the Independent Miniſters of the
County of Kent held their annual Aſſociation at Deal. The preceding
evening, M-. Slatterie preached from Luke ix. 49; Mr. Simpſon, of Hox-

ton, and Mr. George Townſend, began and concluded with prayer. The

next morning a prayer-meeting was held, and well attended; and the pre-
ſence and bleſſing of the Lord accompanied the exerciſes, and afforded us
a ſweet earneſt of further divine communications through the day. At
half paſt ten Mr, Leggett, of Burwaſh, preached from Pſaim xix. part
of the 4th, 5th, and 6th verſes; Mr. Drew, of Folkſtone, and Mr.
„of Canterbury, prayed. _

Mr. Slatterie communicated the reſolutions relative to the Kentiſh itine-
rant ſeminary in their laſt Committee, held at Coatham, which were
agreed to, and were as follows: |

1. Reſolved, That Mc. Slatterie lay before the general Aſſociat ion of
Miniſters tat Deal, the preſent ſtate of this inſtitution, requeſting them to
make collections among their people for its ſupport, as loon as conyeni-
ent, ard to look around among the members ot their reſpective churches,
tor pious and ſuitable candidates; there being two ſtill wanting to make
vp the number firſt voted for. ;

2, Reſolved, That the buſineſs of this Seminary be brought forward
in future on the day when the annval Affociation for the county is held.
. EXTRACT. |

At an Annual Meeting of the Truſtees of the late Mr. John Simmons,
of Feverſham, the following Reſolution was unanimouſly approved of:

3B 2 5 8 1. Reſolved,

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mĩnary, being at the rate of 10l. each, for ſix ſtudents, to. be educated by

| that jnffityrion, And that if its funds require further ſupport, afier fub-

ſcriptions have been duly received from churches and: individuals as pro-
poſed, an additional ſum of 40l. be allowed from this eſtate. |
23. Reſolved, That the churches that have not made collections for the
'Kentiſh Ttinerant Seminary, be requeſted, as ſoon as convenient, to aſſiſt 5
this inſtitution with their pecuniary aid, and to look out for proper perſons |
to fill up the vacancies remaining.
In the evening at fx o'clock, Mr. Bikkerdike, of Waookvich, preached
from Tech. iv. 6. ; Mr. Giles, of Arithorn, and Mr. Kent, of Graveſend,
engaged in prayer. Immediately after, the miniſters and members of the
- different churches, who choſe, joined in the commemoration of the Lord's
Supper. in which- Mr. George Townſend, Mr. Denham of Walworth, |
Nr. Povey of Dover, and Mr. Goldſmith, took the leading a It was
a ſweet and happy opportunity to the ſouly of many:

5 The next Annual Meeting is to be held at Mr, Gore' « Meeting, at "EY |
wich, the of; M2 mend the firſt Sabbath i in n July, h

We 5 DORSET ASSOCIATION;. .
Held at Stalbridge, April gth, 1800. At eleven o clock. the Congre-
| gation aſſembled for public worſhip, when the Rev. John Rogers preached
| 8 Plalm cxxii. 6. Pray for the prace of Feruſalem : they ſhall proſper
that love thee, Meſſrs. Underwood, Field, and Cracknell, engaged in
prayer. In the afternoon, ' while the Miniſters retired to- tranſact the bu.
fine(s of the Aſſociation, Mr. J. M-rren preached to the people from
1 John v. 20. Mefirs. Lewis and Denny exerciſed in prayer. In the
evening at fix o'clock Mr. J. Wheaten N W Jer. v. * and Meſſ.
Sedcole and Gambol prayed.

The particular buſineſs of the ahove meeting we faber to ſtate, as we

| Gnd it is publiſhed with the Circular Letter, on the moft effedtual means of

propagating won Knowledge ; and ſolid by the POE! os this Maga-
Zine.

| C—— —_

\ SURRY MISSION.

We are informed, on Wedneſday the 6th of Auguſt, the Au Meet-
ing of the Surry Miſſion Society will be held at Tooting, on which occa-
ſion a Sermon is expected to be preached oF; Mr, Upton. Public word 'p
will begin at eleven o'clock.

SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY, INSTITUTED 1785s. /
At a General Half-yearly Meeting of the Society, for the ſupport and
encouragement of Sunday Schools in the different counties of England

and Wales, held at the Paul's Head Tavern, EA Wran:3-d on Wed-
neſday the gth of July, 1800. ;

JOSEPH GUTTERIDGR, Es Q. in the Chair.

The Committee reported, That from the commencement of this Inſti-
tution, the Society had diftr ibuted 137,034 Spelling- Books, 32,361 Teſ-
taments, and 6284 Bibles, to 1565 ſchools, contain ng upwards of 160,000 |
ſcholars. And that the ſum of G. 3, 835 65s, 11d. had been ven. tor the

en of Teachers i in the faid tchools, —

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thirty-ſix old ſchools within the laſt half year, the Society's aid had been
extended to 44 new ſchools, with the addition of more than 4000 ſcholars.”

--*- ORDINATIONS. e.

— — —

On Wedneſday, 16th of April, Mr. J. $croxToNn, formerly a pupil in
Mr. Bull's Academy, at Newport Pagnel, was appointed to the K. 2
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Gardner, late of Stratford upon Avon, introduced the ſervices of the day.
Mr. Smith, of Alceſter, propoſed the uſual queſtions, and preached to the
church from 1 Cor. xvi. 10. Mr. Oſborn, of Worceſter, engaged in the
ordination prayer, and delivered a charge to the Min:{er from Coloſ, iv. 17. + _
Mr. Scroxton had previouſly. laboured nearly two years in the congrega-
tion, which, at that time, by various cauſes, had been reduced to ſuch a+
ſtate, that it became neceſlary to diſſolve the church, and to form it anew. ,

office over the baptiſt church at Broomſgrove, in Worceſterſhire.

By the Lord's bleſſing upon his endeavours, meetings for prayer were re-

vived, and they are now held monthly, in turns, at this and two other

places of worſhip in Broomſgrove; and acceſs was gained to preach the
goſpel in ſeven adjacent villages, in ſome of which Sunday ſchools have alſo

been eſtahliſhed. Mr. S. bas been aſſiſted in his exertions by thoſe of a_

zealous communicant, and by ſome needful pecuniary. ſupport from the

union of Chriſtians, of which he had been a member, from the time of its

formation at Bedford. The beneficial effects of theſe. meaſures in the

church and congregation, were ſuch as encouraged him at length to under-

take the paſtoral charge. 7

May 29, Mr. CULVER was ordained co-paſtor with the aged and Rev.

R, Macgregor, Baptiſt Miniſter of Woolwich in Kent, who had been

the honoured inſtrument of firſt introducing the Goſpel in this place, . and

whoſe labours had been abundantly bleſſed; but through age and bodily
infirmities has been rendered incapable of attending to thole important

duties which he had faithfully diſcharged fer upwards of forty years,

Mr. Culver has been regularly engaged for near four years, and his mi-

niltry has been remarkably uſeful. The. ſervices of the day were con-

ducted in the following manner: After ſinging, Mr. Freeman of Wool-
wich, read a ſuitable portion of ſcripture, and prayed : Mr. Dore, of
London, ſpoke on the nature of a Goſpel church, and on Chriſtian li-

berty, and aſked the uſual queſtions ; one of the deacons_then gave a

brief account of the ſteps 'the Church had taken relative to the call of
Mr. Culver to the work, which was unanimous, and accepted; the confeſ-
fion of Faith was then received; Dr. Rippon prayed the Ordination
prayer with impoſition of Hands; Mr. Booth delivered a ſolemn charge
trom 2 Tim, iv. 5. But watch thou in all things, endure affliftions.” —'
Dr. Rippon addreſſed the Church in an affeRionate manner, from He-
brews xiii. part of verſe 22. And I beſcech you, brethren, ſuffer the
word of exhortation. Mr. Macgregor concluded in, prayer. The
hymns were given out by Mr. Newman of Oidford. Mr. Upton preached
in the evening from Deuteronomy i. 11. The different exerciſes were
conducted with the greateſt ſolemnity ; the congregation was numerous,
and the divine preſence was evident in their ſerious attention throughout
the whole of the ſervice, | Ten

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ON Tueſday, 3d of June, Mr. J. Reynolds was ſet apart to the paſtoral
charge of an Independent Church, lately formed in conſequence of his la-
bours for ſome years paſt, at Naſh, a populous hamlet in the centre of
ſeveral villages, within fx miles of Buckingham. Mr. F. Bull, of New-
pet mages began with prayer and reading the Scriptures. Mr. 8. Hil.
yard, of Bedford, explained the reaſons for which Diſſenteſs form them-
Jelves mto religious ſocieties, and made ſuitable enquiries of the church
and the miniſter whom they had choſen. Mr. T. Hillyard, of Olney, en -

gazed in prayer for the bleſſing of Got upon the connexion thus eſtabliſn.
ed, 'and preached to the- people from Hebrews xiii. 19. Mr. Greatheed

_ addrefled the Miniſter upon 1 Tim, iv. 16. Mr. White, of Potter's Pury,
concluded with prayer. / borer Hts OM Hes £6642:

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On Thurſday, the 35th of June, the Rev. David Smith, late Student at
Hoxton Academy, was ordained at Brentwood, Eſſex, Mr. S. Dotiglas, of
Chelmsford, began. vith prayer and reading the ſcriptures; Mr? Stevenſon,
of Caſtle Hedingham, gave an account of a Goſpel Church, aſked the

veftions, and received the confeſſion of faith; Mr. Simpſon ( Tutur)
prayed the ordination prayer; Mr. Waring, of Rendham, gave the cliarge

from 2 Tim. ii. 25.; Mr. Barber, of London, preached to the prople, from
Ads xi. 24. ; Meſſrs, Strichan, of Rumford, Gould, of Stratford, and
Morrel, of Little Baddow, gave out the hymns 3+ Mr. Corbefly, of Fy-
field, concluded with prayer; Mr. Stevenſon preached in the evening.
The circumſtances of this place are peculiar : the intereſt was reduced ſo
low, thar the meeting was hut up nearly -two years? a neighbouring mi-

niſter undertook to make a trial, by obtaining the ſtudents from Hoxton,
and the Lord has (mile: upon their labours—a congregation has buen raiſed
10 fill the place, a church formed, a Sunday ſchoel inſtituted, and the vil-
{ages around have been viſited with the light of life. What hath God
wrought !—< The wilderneſs and the ſolitary place ſhall be glad for them,
and the deſert ſhail rejoice and bloſſom as the roſe.”? 1 1 To

+ «CHAPEL OPENED.

ON Tueſday the $th of July, the New Scots Church at Woolwich, in
Kent, was opened for divine worſhip. Two ſermons were preached ſuit-
able to the occalion ;- that in the morning by the Rev. Dr. Hunter, of Lon-
don-wall, from As xvii. 22—31. ** Then Paul ſtood in the midſt of

Mars-hill,” &c.,—That in the afternoon, by the Rev. James Steven, of
Crown- Court, London, from Ifaiah iv. 5. The building is neat and

commodious, and will contain about 600 people. In the ſpirit of the

texts, We earneſtly wiſh that it may never be without a congiegation of

ſpiritual worſhippers, and that the true glory may never depri from It.

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POETRY.

15

Toa Red Brea that fe equented a Place of
Weſpp..

AY, innocent intruder, ſay,
What tempts thee to conſine
Within theſe courts, thine airy os -

And freedom thus refign ? |

For conſtant fill, thy pleaſing form, |
In ſober gatb, I ſec:

No ſpangled wings of gaudy birds
Have equal charms for me.

Noto fix'd aloft, thy wond'ring fight
Explores the facred place;

Or, more ſecgre, thy flutt' ring wings
Thine airy limits trace.

Detach'd from earth, de Cfely boar, ,
Eicap*d from earthly ſnares;

And intercourſe with Heav'n affords.
Bliſs, unalloy'd with cares.

New, pereh'd upon a vacant pew,
Methinks (no owner nigh)

Thine eyes, with“ meek in relligence,”
Enquire the reaſon, why

But anxious fears forbid thy reſt,
And force thee on the wing:

Where wilt thou find a favour'd ſpot
To fir ſecure, and fing ?.

Thine anxious feartfithy riſing fight, 0
An uſeful leſſon teach;

No reſting place on earth is found
Beyond mistortune's reach.

Say then, ſweet innocent, what charm,
What ſolace doſt thou find,

Depriv'd of liberty, immur d,
Ana baniih'd from thy kind ?

No gry companions urge thee here,
With ſweet reſponſive note ;
No dearer mate calls forth a long,

To ſwell thy little throat;

No moſſy neſt within theſe walls,
No young thy cares excite ;
No ſhady thickets promiſe reſt ; ;
No ſcatter'd crumbs invite:

Yet ſtill thy warblings charm the ear
When we our voices raiſe ;.

And, ah! more ſweet, thy ſinks notes
Tune our Creator s praiſe.

Not Philomel, who nightly pours
Shrill muſic through the air,
Can boaſt a melody like thine,
Or with thy ſong compare.
Sole of thy kind, diſtinguiſh'd bird? :
It charms thy ſocial breaſt,
To fit within our view, and log,
A friend of Mun confeſt.

Conſtant, like thee, let me frequent
The place where Gop is known;

For joy like this, content to ſtand

EY Dien d, and alone.

e Aruuxvs.

REFLECTIONS ON ALIEY:
"Addreſſed + to a Young Lady.

NOV, beauteous flow'r, thy head is
lifted highs
And points my hopes to happier {cence
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Ere long, thy glory fated, thou TO die,
And ne'er again attract the gazer's love.

Such is the fate of what we moſt admire,
Beauty, the object of our fond delight;
Its lightextingulſh'd, ſhall in death expire;
The grave ſhall huge. it from our losth-
ing fight. |

But ſhe, whoſe, breaſt with virtue's trau-
ſports glows, -
Belov'd fhall live, nor unlamented die;
As the ſmooth current to the ocean flows
Her bliſs increaing through eternity.

This happy lot be your's; though beauty
bloom
Around your brow, and youth its bo-
nours ſhed,
Yet, you are dal ning to the ſilent AY,
You too mult reſt among the fleeping

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ſurvive,
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ariſe
In mem'ry 5 ſacred cell your form ſhall
live,
Ard prompt the with to join you in the
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TT. 5 In Gear! or cloudy ſkies I'fay ©
: > PIE will be done l.

/ THE- VIOLET.

5 FO * 8 in ſecret. bor,
= 1. - Invifible I ſwell;
For bleſſing made, without parade,
hoes N by my ſmell.

THE 'LILY..

des of Him, in whom, no ſlain,
The eye of Heavy 'n could fee: * |
4 1 all their glory, Monarchs in,
| mot array d hke me.

do We ; 25 't THE ROSE. 7

. Wich ravidvd heart that crimſon hail, 45
Which in my boſom glows; EY

2 or how the lily of the vale
en like Sharon' s roſe. "36:

Sg. THE PRIMROSE.

e, Time $ dark winter ſhall be 0 er,

Its ſtorms and tempeſts; N
15 me you'll riſe, a fragrant flow'r, |
I e like me, to fade. 5

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To thee, O Lord; could I complain, F
With grief and inward pain,
5 The load -I daily feel:
How ſtubborn and how hard my heart,
ys Holy Spirit, life, impart.—
. Come, and my ſorrows Heal! ©

When 1 reflect on Jeſus” love,
Aud aim with gratitude to move,
And melt my heart in tears :-
Yet fill it cauſes freſh comphint,
That TY impreſſion is ſo faint,

So little love appears.

For me He leſt the word of bliſs,
And dwelt in ſuch a world as this,

+ ©. To foffer all my: woe |

What boundleſs, what amazing grace,

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There write T hy. laws, Thy fear i impart,
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{ For fin I then ſhall deeply mourn,

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*«@ The hour that terminates his ſpud, |
*6 His folly: and! his woe. oN

460 « Worlds ſhould not bribe me back to wee |

% Again life's s dreary Waſte;
Te ſee my days again o 'crſptead _
% Wich all the gloomy patt.

40 My home, henceforth; j is in the ſkies,
Earth, ſeas, and ſun, adieu;

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mi ake Aſpatio, firm poſſeſt |
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The boſom of his God. i
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evil felt within ;
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And loath'd the thought of fin.

Such liv'd Aſpatio, and at laſt, :
Call up from earth to heaven,

The gulph of death triumphant paſs 45
By ples of bleſſing driven.

His joys be mine, each reader cries,
When my laſt hour arrives;
They ſhall be yours, my verſe replies

0 that my heart could dictate praiſe,
O that my tears would flow.

* Ezek. xxxvi, 26.

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DolhUs GOTHER, the fubje _

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FN loſt with his whole thip'scompany of the e ftof Eſſex in
ide early part of December; 798, He was 4 natilw Stockholm; _
in s. ; his patents were N Pooc circomſtances, but had a
| large family, and he Was very 8 PID to Jen lie. .
mother feared God atid took: t in teachin bim the +
principles of the chriſtian ligion, e necethty 'of trofting/ -
in God and praying c him as the finner's rol Fd fe and be-
nefaQr, "\Higheing _ ey. ed ip .
proved, in after time of lin 2 Ale to ki 17 and he en
been heard ro acknayylillge 000 of Bod, and 05 9685
tion he was under to his pate gts, d 1 this account; I , 8 gc uld 5
ſtimulate parents: Town! the Teed.0 Rel ol is know led ear! 23
let the (oil be ef 10 pe öcdh Th 8 . 6 "a |
ever ſo ſmall. WY, | ä
He commend 1 rn le of Ferd. 3
chant ſhip, and Tome few Hanges Was e 58 a come 5
mon ſailor on board Fg man of war 1 ether a8 a2
volunteer, or througft bein Ampreſſed, 3s b&'c |
proved a trying fituation dd Hi the l ſe riow ii |
from early acquaintance with” eligton r g totally era- |
dicated from his mind, even in thoſe periods, ed he was moſt
thoughtleſs and fooliſh in His on conduct, and in thoſe ſta- —
oy where there was che Fond opportunity of attending to re- EE
igion. LE
Being of an Alive and aſpiring. Alpen, he ſpent his lei-
ſure un on board this Wip i in learning the Engliſh language
the French and Italian were already familiar to him. The
only books which he had to aſſiſt him were, a volume of Mrs.
Rowe's Works and an Englith Bible, W hilſt thus employed.
he was much charmed with the near eſemblance between tde
Ver. VIII. ee Engliſh * ; mak

Mester or earram corninn. OE |

= 5 7h 3 Swediſh Bibles and his: mind zlſo
fluenced by ſerious Ins} of God, his foul and — —
= 1 _ to be anxious to quit a ſituation which was in
* FP. every reſpect unſuitable to his views. and feelings. Providence
= farchred his defife, and he was once more. at Iberty, and now
2 95 3 — the means of grace at the Swediſh Chapel and other
1 places. Under the miniſtry of the Rev. Mr. Bryſon he was led
_ - feriopſly to devote bimſelf to God by becoming a member of the
|. - - Church, in communion with which he, continued until the
F ..houd wo: him to himſelf. He proved an honour to that ſo-
den by exhibiting 1 in his character ſoundneſs.of judgment, 2
| orcs experience. of the truth _ his heart, and a walk
* converſation. both: humble and hol os He now married 2
rious young perſon. of the 1 church, and went into buſi-
"= thinkin 5 80 2h give over 2, ſea life ; but, through perſons

into t, and the buſineſs yielding a very ſeal _ |
ie lo thep e ad realized. He now went tio
fe: 7 iin, in the ae ierra Leone Company, which
be left after the firſt vo be He was then ſome time out of
EX, 1 $71 wg eee 21 (who | age ths ine |
- RR was reduced to great difficulties but exhipited a
5 on to the will 9 zaven} y Father, which was an
honolF to their chriſtian proſeſſion.
3 Afeer this the Lord graciouſly od for high by inducing.
an uncle of Mrs, G. s, to put him into a ſbip
Fan and he ultimately became à pat · owner 'of
ing a foreigner, he failed” pder à Heutral flag: |
md though ee trials e this tuation, Providence
| ſmiled. upon his endeavours, and he was &- in proſperity |
hen he made his laſt voyage. . "He went to the Nore in
Y latter end;of, November; Me G: was with him, and had ,
| fome thoughts, af going the voyage, which, ſhe had done more
= 115 once. Th 74 Gone the two laſt; Lord's days together t
r. Fowler 's eeting, Sheerneſs; and they had not long before |
© | received the Lord's Supper 7, for the laſt time, at Mr,
| - Bogue' s. When they were about to, to ſee each other |
no more upon earth, he fad to Mins, bo whilſt walking to ; ,
gether on the quarter-deck, © Noe wh I fear we-lowe |
« each other too much, which may give our heavenly Father |
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Om Mr. G.'s arrival at Hamburgh, he ſpent ſome time in
| proviring 2. a new ſhip's company, and taking in a cargo for Sti
n this time the weather was extremely boifter.
dus, and Mrs . was much diſtreſſed at not receiving —＋
but in a day or two afier ſhe received a letter, dated Bremen, De-

oember, 1 798, faying, that he expected to ay the next day. From

this letter we give the following extract Happy am I to hear
of the pr 8 of the Miſfionary cauſe, and that our dear mini-
ters perſevere in the good work: give chriſtian reſpects to them.
Oh l. may God bleſs. you abundantly when ſitting under the vine
of divine ordinanoes, and grant that we may ſoon fit together *

It is now near nine years ſince that ſweet dayyhen you gave
me in full truſt ſabelovedae as your whol, and dear (elf;
you became entirely mine, ſo ff as God hath ordained and dot

allow creatures to be wholly each other's, Bleſſed be the e-
membrance of that day] Ob, m ms Jov#! what ſhall we render
numberleſs mercies through oe

to the Lord fot ws his (weet a
all theſe years which we have paſſed? Still can we ſing times,
_ down but not deſtroyed, bu ut every time liſted Sand
higher.
and both th Rimſelf! May we ſtill daily ſtrive to lg
more A each other, ſtudy hqw to become mi
and leſs
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Piealing
e; the latter des not belong to you. The
Hildren, and exalted them to his own ͤ man-
fions, fo that e are moſt happy. He has left us
one as a particdi monument of his mercy, now being as p
miſing as forinerly he feeme#the other Way. Our temporal 4

fairs, how are they changedifot the better and you, my any |
with reſ peck to bodilpheaithand Aivengthgpe gel as myſelf, who

am in daily and numberleſs dangers from without and within.

But, above all, lot. ur ba: thankful ahat tip. ths chaten us .
himſelf, ſo that neither of us is going alone in the heavenly _
Toad, like a dove mouming its mate; but we are enabled to

take each other by the bnd, and help to cheer each other as

; 8 run in the — way, aſcend the mount of difficulty,
y valley; Such is our happy lot,
a -choufands more might be- ſaid. Oh, may the

through the g

hw grace fall gur hearts, lips and lives, with fore and gra-
titude! and may it be our continual concern while we live,
and wherever we be; to praiſe andMeſs his holy name. But I
Aue now conclude + farewel, my dear love; our wedding an-

niverſary

Omay the Lord continue to bleſs us to each her, |

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1 Toe ey at had elapſed alles 0 Ire of this letter;
which had diſſipated her fears and gladdened her countenance,
| ED when one of the 'owners wrote to a friend of Mrs. G., that his
tips papers had been taken up under ſuch circomftances as
3 "OO reaſon) to fear the veſſel was loſt, ind all on board periſhed.
8 ived theſe melanchol ridings through the medium of
ſome friends; with the ſpirit of a Chriſtian; but ſtill cheriſheda
buoope that her much loved partner had eſeaped, either in the boat
vr in ſome veſſel in ſight, which had not yet reached a port, or
. ., © atleaſt a diſtant one. Her mind was at laſt ſettled in a convic-.
'. - - tion of his loſ dy the followin beer age A friend of
ders was ſpeak ng on the nex d's day of this mplancholy
Intelligence in the Veſtry of, when 2 gentleman preſent ,
bobſerved, that a friend of, his was in town from the coaſt of Ef.
er, old hid mentioned hat part of the cargo and ſome other
effects of à ſhip, ſuppoſed ive foundered at fea, had been
-__ ©, taken wy, among which was a filver-headeFcane.. On report-
. ingthis%o Mrs. G. ſhe ſaid her huſband had which he
0 much valued; becauſe it was the gift of a e Fiend; and
5 Se ys took it to ſea with him, and mentioned the ini -
i Which were engraved on the head. Ong Wing tbe
5 deſeriptton of it, it was found to be the ſag and Appeared
Wn 1 ee e, on ſhore faſtened with a cord t6 a large piece of
18 8 5 The poor mam who found it, on in a preſent
1 fm ror widow, willingly rellöred it to her MW hether it was |
Wo - this faſtened to this piece of wood in hope at it would ulti-
ere reach the Britiſſi ſhore, and indicate What had befallen
him, or whether hg had, as a laſt effort, committed himſelf and
der derem to this plank, is all uncertain ; nor can the time, place
or manner of the ſhip being loſt be pteciſely ſtated, as ng indi-
_ / vidual ſurvived to telle the pitiable tale. One thing is ſure in the
eſtimation of his partner and eee he was an eminent

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that Jeſus. is the glorious, and only Mediator betwger

characters, according to which he acts in the ſalvation of ſin-

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of right,
be nag he hath given us, Father, I will

1 ter on of Chriſt does not ſuppoſe that the Father is
unwilling to be gracious, for he is as ready to communicate as
Chriſt is to intercede. Its neceſſity is founded on one of his
mediatorial offices. As the great High, Prieſt of our profeſſion,
he was to atone for his people's ſins, by the ſacrifice of himſelf ;
and, ix vittue of his ſacrifice, to plead in their behalf. Thus

Aaron and his deſcendants, who were typical of Chriſt in their

official capacity, were charged, not only to make an atonement
for the children of:Iſrggl, but alſo to offer up prayer ang ſup-
Plication for them. Ihe interceſſion of Chriſt, therefore, is as
neceſſary as that he ſhould act in character; beſides, the con-
dition of his people dn earth required it. They are naturally
dead in ſins, and have need of the Spirit of God to quicken
them. After they are called according to God's purpoſe, they
are expoſed to many temptationfMubje to a variety of wants,
and often confounded in the court of conſcience by the accu-

ran ( 357 of 3/7 17 i 5 65%
| nes „ * eh mar Te in
HE great diſtinguiſhing doctrine of revealed. religion is

od and man. As Mediator, he ſuſtains à variety of official 2

thou baſt given me, may be with me where I

ok 3D PR ſations

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| Tur „ INTERCESSION « oF. cHRi$r, - 8 4 3
Fidel r their adverſaith the Devil Ia theſe hee ne
What need have they of Chriſt to intercede in their behalf *
Whether we are the diſtinguiſhed objefts. of Chriſt's interceſ= | |
ng W an enquiry of the utmoſt importance, He does not
be” for the whole human race in general; ; the damned in bell
| ar to be excepted. Having died in impenitence and unbelief,
they are chained in darkneſs and miſery until the judgment of
the laſt day, when Chrift will ſay unto them, 5 Depart, ye
curſed, into everlaſting fire, prepared for the Devil. and his
| „We cann6t cripturally ſay, t. that Chriſt is interced=
ing for every individual of mankind upon earth. 1 pray not
"fot the world,“ ſays he. He maketh interceſſion for CRE... bs
ſors, and this'is our encouragement ; but not for 4 trapſgreſs.
fors: we muſt therefore cautiouſly examine and diſtinguiſh.
Ihe Scriptures gr us, that the;perſons for whom the Sa-
Voodur intercedes, afe thoſe'whom heavenly Father hath given

him thoſe who believe on him trough the word of the Goſ-
pel 4 thoſe who come unto God by him ;Þ and for all ſaints. &
Are out characters then of this deſeription? All who. were
given unto Chriſt in diſtingviſhing mercy, axe; in due time,
through 1 by the influenceꝭ of his Spirit, con-

vinced of Meir apoſtate and ruined condition; they become an-
- xiouſly defirous to return unto God, and to enjoy ours
3-400 aded that there is noacceſs to God, but Auchngh the
. facrifice, M obedience, &c. of Chriſt ; dee ee,
other ground of hope, they depend on theſe aloge for MMtion;
E thus they believe in Chriſt's name: they coe unto God by
him; and they become ſaints. Though they zug not deliver-
ed from the being of fin, its love and a A deſtroyed;
they hate every kind and degree of iniquity ;. and are aſpiring
after that perfect and un pode ed purity which is already given
to them in Chriſt. duc 1 are evidently intereſted in the
interceſſion of Chriſt. If our character and experience accord
with theirs, he is moſt aſſurediy pleading for us. His word
declares it.

The benefits reſulting from the maten of Chriſt, to
thoſe who are intereſted therein, are ofſunſpeakable worth. He
prays that their guilt may be pardoned, © Theſe things,” ſays.
the Apoſtles, write I unto you, that yg; fin not: and if any

man ſin, we have an advocate with the ather, Jeſus Chriſt, /
the righteous.” 1 He prays that they ny experience the | wee

0 John xvii. 19. + J vi. 20. f Heb. vii. Ty
7: Rev. viii. 314. {| John, ii. 24.

©

IN

THE INTERGES$1ON or eier. 339

. tical influence of the Galpel, laying pn? ew through -
thy trüch.“ “ He intercedes for the a&eprance of their ſervices, -
„ Perfdmed with this incenſe, the prayers of all ſaints aſcend
vp before God, out of the angel's hand.” 4+ He pleads for their
ſoppott under remprations. , ** Behold Satan has defired to He
you, that he may ſift you as wheat; but I. have prayed. for
thee, that thy faith fail not.“ T He intercedes for their ſafe
preſervation through life. I am no more in the world, but -
theſe are in the world, and I come to thee., Holy Father, keep
through thine own name, thoſe whodf thou haſt given me,
that they may be one as we are. I pray not, that, thou ſhouldſt
take them out of the world, but that thou ſhouldſt keep them

from the evil. He prays for their full fruition of heavenly

*

bliſs. * Father, I will that they whom thou haſt given me,
be with me where Jam, that they may behold my glory“. |
How bleſſed then are the praſęent condition aff the future profſ- .
pects of thoſe for whom'thWedeemer pleads; eſpecially when.
we png nh that his jnrerceſſion infallibly preyails in all its ex-,
tent 4 e 288 | 1752 . | EE Ro | 48 N r 1
The efficacy of Chriſt's interceſſion is eſtabliſhed on the
firmeſt baſis. Hy declared, whilſt here on eatth, reſpecting
his requeſts 28 ator, that the Father always hearſhim; and
mall we ſay that he pleads with leſs ſucceſs. in heaven When
we refle&n the infinite dignity of his perſon, as God incarnate,
when y Fesunder that he was divinely appointeq ii be coun-
ſels of emption, to the office of Mediator; HH we recol-
left the has all the treaſures of wiſdom to manage his cauſe
to the beſt advantage; can we ſuppoſe that ſuch an interceſſor
may, in a ſingfggnſtance, fail? Far ftom us be the degrading,
idea] his ſaci has been accepted as an offering of a ſweet-
| ſmelling odour to God. Its virtue muſt be denied before his in-
terceſſion can fall; for on this he reſts his plea. He ſtands be-
fore the throne as a lamb that has been ſlain G His wounds,” 3
fays one, © are open as ſo many mouths pleading for his peoplè.?
Such {ilent, heavenly oratory never pleads in vain. Whom-
loever and whatſoever, Chriſt prays for, his requeſt is granted.
A conſideration of the extent and efficacy of the Redeemer's.
imerceſſion affords unſpeakable comfort to believers ; and its
perpetuity exceedingly heightens their bliſs,** He is able to
lave them to the outete, that come unto God by him, ſeeing

2 Tay 17. 1 * vi. 3 4: Ws I * xxl 1
4 ohn Xy11, 11, 15. f Oni 11. 24+ Rev. v. 0
5 * He . vin z. N

Ds be

| he ever, Jeb ta make.
4 tations, diſtreſſes, decie
F of Tife and: of death, Jeſus;knows. »

2

tan

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erde Agurpilg, 44 len,

iz erceſſion fer ibem. to alt their ak.
ons, in every ſituation and.circow-
they want, and
The. perpetuity of Chriſt's in-
Hon applies to his 5 both collectively and San

Te; was typified
every morning and

355 them accordingly.

1 and runs through every a e of time.

under the hw by the offering of incen
ery.eveniflg throu ghout the year. It \commenced. with his

| *
7 00 ag ementy, and will continge till the work of

rede mp

advocate.”

can ceaſe to plead,

y empleted.

Hs blood,” days, Char
"ruſt be A echte blood, befare he can be a filent
All its ele muſt be fully anſwered jos be

- What admiration and 7; ER muſt the glorified bi
conceive in the immediate preſence of Chriſt, whil they con-

template the ma
that reſult from

it Hloſtructed al

of his interc ſion, and the dleſſeqh effects
encouraged by nis word,

lex us confidently commit our eternal concerns into his hands,
«Give him, wy ſoul, thy cauſe to e nor doubt the Fa-

they 5 e

215 1 16 14 1
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GRACE, ABOUNDING To f
LOS Ira Letter tothe Editor.”

Pf hordty s ways are not as our wah, and by
itifinitzly above our thoughts,-is evich
| mercy mauifeſted to two d
- who ſuffered fince out ſpring afize at Warwi
counterfeiting and printing one-pound bank of
the other for paſſing certain notes upon a b
knowing them to be forged.

inſtance o

vn MANCUNIENSIS.

| from

aQors

The one for
ozland notes;
at Dudley,
It muſt have been obſerved with

regret, that this claſs of offenders has been of late much on the
increaſe, and. conſe quently the. bad effects of their miau, |

traffic ſevesely felt by the public.

The unfortunate men under contain were reqarkable
characters. Perkins, executed for paſſing notes, had, for many

years, made a profeſſion of. the Goſpel. -

Maddocks, who died

for printing the bank notes, until his impriſonment, was a pro-

feſſed focinian, not to ſay, a deiſt.
of Providence, that the legal ſentence pa
men opened the way of «acceſs'to the m

It appears in the conduct _
upon one of thoſe
s by which he was

reſtored to God; and by which, under God, the other was con-
verted, A backſlider 1 reclaimed, and an ehemy to Jeſus

embraces che Goſpel.

« Ti we, O God, is in the ſea!”
Thomas

- Thomas Perkins; the ſuhject of this pager hag been ad.
mitte and remained ſome years Trig Rurder's
| church, at: Coventry Fe but worſhipped m1 atedly: 55 oleſs
hill, in the congregation: under the care of Mr. Evans, who

members, previous to his ordination, communicated. a Covent |
ty. At Foleſh;l, where Perkins dwelt, he condu ted him; 1

ſelf for ſome tine becoming his religious engagements=prayy

ing with his brethren," and the ſick, afliſtung in the Sanqagt

ſchools, and j joining. ta lead the daglog. a heſe, he has ſmct

acknowledged, were his beſt and-bappieſt-c days: , In departiag

ſrom thole holy employ ments, in which his mind was devoutly.
engaged, and going out of a path of duty, he lot, that peage he
had ohce enjoyed. Unhappy man, his back{l dings, reproved
him ! Can it be conjectured, that, in theſe his belt moments,
be thought of ending: his days on a gallows? No., Had. any
one then preticted it, he wicht haye been led, With Hazael," to
ſay, „ls thy texvant a dog? N IS. ins human, heart,
which often gere antang
ſuſpected. Fin hea 5 H e dale trot.
This man's“ 3 were, a8 is common, Stadualg and
their beginning nobſerved by bimlelt, although viſible
enough to ſome E Private prayer is neglected the
leads to mere cuſtomary Obſetvange of public; ardipances,
which is follewed by leſs attention to the ins of the heart;
theſe at leggth- cherithed, he is ready to liſten t gut war-

temptariaſz and now he makes rapid piegteis mn Wehn bag
le gets defrauds his neighhours, adopts the ole m-

ploy ment of a pedBar, coba! its and trayels the country with a

bad woman, while his wife and. three children are- neg tected at

howe. Thus e, we are not ſulpriſed to- find him at

length in priſon, And after wards to -beholo the man a public

ſpectacle of his mn folly. ; How eyidepily. docs this ſubject
exemplify the words of Scripture, that “, lyſt when it hath

_ conceived, hringeth © forth bin; and wy when it is finuhed,
bringeth forth geath.

At the requeſt of Perkins, I was: winged; 0 a gon
him and Maddocs.s till their laſt hour. Ihe addieſſes och to
the conſcience of Perkins appeared to produce a god effect,

and induce repentance. 80 far as deep contrition, ſelt abhor-
rence, turning to,
and profefied defire, i ole, to make reſtitution to lociety, can
conſtitute true penitence, they were-ipvaiiably obfervatile in
hum ever after his condemnation. Withing to avail myſelf of
one impreſſive information, 1 deln hun to relate a little of

his

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525 oa 1 5 13 him at liberty to fim, and then-one fin inſenſibly

Dit m,

0 ce Thoſe ſins that pierc'd and 'nail'd

with the bleſſing of divine goodneſs, The gay of execution

ſt experience; when is ne in en as: 8

1 255 had reaſon. to think that he had taſted the
; that he had enjoyed at times fellow-
Kip v. God, bur had been habitually too unwatchful: this

+ Eified" him on to. another, until conſeience; repeatedly os |
nes, became dumb. That, even under his departures, be
bad att mes ſexere checks and reproofs.” That he could not
make off the terrgrs of God, nor ordinarily bring himſelf to
fear. That he would now and then hear the Goſpel where,
in his travels," he found it; and on the day he was apprehend- ä
end, it appeared to him as if a voice ſuggeſted to his ming,” y Sin. |
Nor thou:ſhall go no further.“ eee 5
din, in every colour and ſhape, now appeared dittes to [Per
35 ;/ but there were ſome {ins whichentered-mote deeply than
n into hig ſoul, and left their ſting there. His baſe treat-
ment of a'go wiſe; ; the 1 2 ruin of the woman he had
ed with, who died after Haels,' when on her for-
bidden march with him; the ſtab he had given religion by his
conduct; and the little: probability that his debts would ever
be paid all haunted him by turns, and gendered him almoſt
inconſolable. For the ſpace of ſome di before he ſuffered;
Thad Mile need to enlarge upon the enormity of his LN
* poor man] he was before-hand with me Mis affecting
confeſſeng. The 51ſt pſalm was made remarkghly uſeful to
partic: hrly the 4th verſe. The following hes of Dr.
| Watts ius often repeated, and ſaid they were r lor A

| ff 2 Oh, how I hate thoſe luſts, of wine, 4 6 *
| 135 That crucified my God; 3

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n e £16624 Faſt to the fatal wood.

„ Whilſt with a melting broken hy
My murder'd Lerd I'views. oo 1
I'll raife revenge againſt my ſins, 5
And lay the murderers too. s

His penitence, howeverdeep, was happily area —"Y
Hopi in Jeſus, without which it would rather have reſembled
the miſery of the damned, than the ingenuouſneſs of the chrii-
tian.- Jeſus alone, he bald ſay, can raiſe up and ſupport my
ſpirit. He had anticipated many fegrs which he thought
would accompany his exit out of life, Mut he was prevented,

was reſerved for the re- appearance of pardoning love. Tops

covenant God poured in ö in the hour of *
| nor |

wh

\

| MEDITATION. ON, PSALM 12. eee
ight poſes of

nom the binernels of death yielded to't
eternity. His heart and tongue were ſet at libert In bo

ſolemn a manner did he addreſs the felons 38 he pa =d TS”

go to the fatal ſpot, warning them of particular ſins, their un-

belief, and entreating them to fly to Jeſus, who alone can par-

» don, juſtify and fave,] At the tree, perhaps a ſcene was never

exhibited more e The moſt hardened melted down, :
into tears. He and Maddocks and in the exerciſe of faith, OY

Cowper' „

God moves in a myſterious way

in linging © that Ariking hymn;
His wonders to perform, c. „

} £5

- This he gave out by twa lines, and commented as he went 5

on. He then entreated the ſpectators in a moſt pointed,

fying, and ſeriptural ſtrain, that they would la "x to hea
that they would not cloke
them that àa jodgment day would bring ſecret 5 to light;
that they muſt know the Goſpel, or periſh eternally. And

particularly noticed the fins of religious profeſſors, whom

he exhorted to makeggnſcience of their walk with God, and a
due regard of the (Wh day. After this he, and the other
felon, who bad renounced his deiftical creed, advanc with
the utmoſt «
committing their ſouls to Jeſus, with a voice heard.bys
they laune into eternity.— Pauſe, O my ſoul! . ter into
thy cloſet, W make'thou diligent ſearch—ſee whether there
are in thee fir ius indulged againſt 1 God! ;

3 8 yo L ya ory s &c.

Warwick M.
P. S. My next Will give you chin intereſling particulars of |
the divine Feen Maddoths.

| MEDITATION ON PSALM 1 LXV. II.
* Thou crown the year with thy goodneſs.”

and intereſting to us. The goodneſs of God muſt al-
ways be worthy of our admiration, and the bounties of his hand
G&clerve the praiſes of thaywhole creation.

« His i eſs runs an endleſs round,
Al glory to the Lord.

We ſhould own our obligations o the God of goodneſs

when

rt;
onfeſs it to affore

ſure to the fatal drop, when, in the”, act of |

IVINE goodneſs is a ſubject infinitely amiable in itſelf, ys

when we riſe in the morning to artake of bis bounty, and

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and ſhould e 7 8 Wich the on: Ie Trick makeſt the
© Giityoirigs of the nuorhing and evening to'refoice.” Arid while
de dbſerve that ihe fat me kindneſs, which attends us from day to/
cy, follows 3166 from year to year, diſtinguiſhing our ud

B38aus months with ineſt mable mercies, ought we not to ft up *
our Heafts to the great Father of our mercies, and y. hs Thou
ctowneſt the year with thy goodneſs?” |
I be various months and ſeafons of the year are Menrichat |
with the hounties of an indulgent Providence-; yea, as a crown
encircles the head of its wearer, ſo d the mercies off our God
7 r our perſons, and encircle our years — for he crown-
the year with, his | neſs. Oi Even. the ſeaſon of Minter is
. withodt its inſtru; ions, or its comforts. How much may
5 learn of the power and greatneſs of our G00 when we ſee
fire and hail, and ſtormy. wid, all folfittin ops will ; and
done of them able to o beyond his word. hat a majeſtic
© Gefcription doth the Pf fiſt give of Deity in the wintry ſeaſon |
.& He, giveth ſnow like wool, and ſcattexerh. his hoar froſt like
| -athes ; ; "he caſteth forth his ice like ma; ho can fland
133 before is cold ?. He bt 0 his word and e them,
&” Nor do we at this ſeaſon wap the greatrigls.c Son, "Th
but higgoodueſs alſo. 8 . g
' | Th&appointment 7 this ſeaſon i is ; wile and god
We cqually vſeful and neceſſary, Hoy WE
been, for ſome years, the return of winter to the Weer.
to kill the ſeeds of infection, and enable thouſands to return to
their homes and buſinels, who had been Mtbwn from thence
by the dreadful rayages of the moſt fatal dMWtnper. From how
many diſeaſes may this ſeaſon, | in the hand of Providence, be
a means of our preſervation?! It is, however, of acknowledged
benefit to the ground, which then |
„ „ HPraws in abundant vegetable ſoul,
| 1 „ And gathers vigour for the coming year.” |
What traces of divine goodneſs appear in the Forins { When
Nature ſeems to awake from her wintry ſleep to renewed life
1 and activity, to bud forth in freſh beauty, and promiſe a variety
13M of benef:ts for the ſupport of needy How do all the 1
1 Illy ſcenes of ſpring atteſt his bounrfha diſplay his love
view of the returning verdure and fruitſulneſs, which _-_
WE every where meets our eye, ſhould cauſe us to adopt the
WW. ful language expreſſed an this pſalm—* Thou viſite te
| earth, and watereſt it, thou greatly enricheſt it with the ag

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drop on the paſture „ of the
joice on every fide
A preſs the exuberant goodness of God.!“
wWilderneſs, afid all our ſupplies muſt come from above. 7

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3:8 abundantly—thou ſettleſt the furrowa 5 Tg 51 1
it ſoft with howers—thou: b/ofſe#t the /prmging thereof. © David
ſeems here to'view all nature reviving again te beauty and frum-
fulneſs, and: aſeribes it all 0 God, who ſends copious | ſhowers
ol moiſtute ſtom heaven, and adds his bleſſing to man's induſ-
try; that the earth. may yield Ber increaſe, and God, even |
our own God, may bleſs us.“ 5
Then comes his. glory. in the ue S „all of which
is goodnels. . It is by the kindly rays
of this ſeaſon that the ſruits, which were ſprun up, are ma-
tured and ripened for our benefit. How doth alt nature appear
_ ntics of our God ! and whilſt we 585
hold them, on every hand, what reaſon have we to look up
with admiring: gratitude, to the ge
ugs, and fay, as David here" 2 5
Vaerben and the little hills . Bo
''What rich imag 82 is here uſed, to &: -
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# Author of all 'theſe 5
hy paths drop ſatneſs,

gratitude, and praiſe ar dpd donor!

ty. ſhines in\4u/umx unconfin' d,

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$ hi provide f for all! He opens his hands 4
bg. with plenteouſneſs. The f fruits of 4

| arherec and ſtored for the uſe of man. The Palmniſt evi- -
dently alludes to the goodneſs of Gad at this ſeaſon f whe year

hen he. ſay

where, © The paſtures. are clothed with flocks,
the vallies alſo-am
alſo fing.” Each
riched with divine beneficence; all Thus ſmiles with his
bounty, and rejoices in his liberality. This is the crowning of
the year. All the foregoing ſeaſons have prepared theif vari-

ous fruits to be gathered in, this, and. the divide bounty is ga-

thered with. general gladneſs. This is moſt eminently the caſe

in the preſent ſeaſon: We have provoked our Maker by our
iniquities, and he has repeatedly threatened out ſupplies. The

ſcarcity of an unfayourable year or two, has been encreafed and
magnified by the wick nel, of man; and there are not want-
ing ſome monſters who have Even rejoiced in the proſpect of
farther diſtreſſing the poor for their own emolument. But be-
hold, his e a at once WF” Wet AVATICE, and ſatisfies

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{in ſhall not have ominioh over me. How ſweetly can 1

a welcome at tie throne of grace, purchaſed for me with the

precious blood of the Lamb ! There my moſt ſecret ſigh is au-
dible in the ears of Jehovah, and faithfully attended to, accord-
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) as not i Wafte the ſpirits and conftitution, is Se he beſt
preſervatives againft Satan's fiery darts, and thus is converted
into a reaFfriend to religion arid the growth 'of grace in the

foul. To my cettam knowledge, the moſt intenſe ſtudy is fo
far from finking the ſpirits, that, in ſome conftitutions, it tends:
rather to preſerve and raiſe them. One of eminent note int
the learned world fludied regularly twelve hours every day,
It is of importance that our time and attention to ſtudy be pro-
perly arranged. I know a gentleman who has, for many
Fears, gone through a great deal of public important buſineſs

1 doing things it 2 regular ſtated ſeries, like clock- work;
never, unleſs unavotdably compelled, breaking through the
order he has preſcribed for himſelf, It is of confiderable im-
portance to know, not only if a thing be right to be done, but

_ alfo; at what precife ſeaſon it ſhould be performed. We mall
find, by obſervation, that there are certain avocations which ©
are of no benefit, but rather injurious when improperly tired,
which yet may be of great uſe to ſoul or body, when praQtifed

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Act up to the light, of your mind when weli-info med, from
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| hand G by making evidences. of grace grounds. of."
Wk 85 4 "Hz - your confidence and expectations according |
d you. may think yourſelf in a good ſrame, and falling in tele

. When you. apprehend. our frame is bod. grace to.{1
And xegulate your ſpirit ty ſcriptural conſt rations; —
is painted ' out Luke Axl. 19.

e ee from the ſy orſt of

4he infallible rule, (ſee Cor. i. 12.) Take, po tholight for to-
5 2 evil of it.

future — |

PFerplex not yourſelf with r ſpect to your
Do 5 65 r duty. Leaye ev tbe Lord; and

at concerns yog. T F dot man. Iti is a

great are, and inyolves.in great anger. Serie weyoung men

and ought rd againſt it, eſpec; ally when bil @religion is
out of fal "2 and run down by may. — Make c uſe of
. your Bible, the living word of the og God, whengthe words

4 Sen die away. he longer you live, and the more you

know, the greater value you will put on. the ſacred ora- # |
cles, and the leſs. on all human compoſures when compared
-- with them. Get a Bible, with the beſt marginal notes of pa-

5 rallel texts. E Brown's, &c.] Compare

them together. The beſt interpteter of ſeripture is ſeripture.
| Preach often, OY than long. Meditate much on divine ſub-
jects; this is a great duty, and an ihportagy; exerciſe,” Guard
Be 25 thoughts, and eſpecially. the firſt andJaft during the —

all no man maſter. . Labour to diveſt yourſelf of all preju+.
"I prepoſſeſſions and predilections; and, as à Chriſtian and a

oteſtant, judge for yourlelt in a truly chriſtian and manly
* Hh
ou aſk my advice concernirig the pro Gi of your. flu-
Pie Seek to attain a good ſtyle; and, in order to this, rranſ-
Late a part of one of the beſt Latip authors, as Cicero & Pliny;

in

1 rengthen the habit of it, and 4 ke 2 of. fp bo

1 2 ſo bad a frame, and whatever: may be the prevalence _ „ *
of temmptation or corruption... Guard'a againſt ſel&-righteauſneſs /

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you for a time, then turn it into Latin
authòr; and perſevete till yo |
of the author, and can with-eale ſpeak and write afie
Make yourſelf complete maſter of the Greek language iu genes
ral, and of the Greek Teſtament in particular; this will be

vaſt uſe, and you will find che original Greek is more evange-
lical than our valuable Engliſh tranſlation. Read daily ſo much

Greek and Latin as may improve you in both languages. Spare
no pains to he an adept in the Hebrew—an ineſtimable accom»

pliſhment |! Digeſt your reading. Better read a book twelve

times over, if ho Teſgender you maſterof it, than twelve books.
5 Make yourſelf mi x of every kind of knowledge as inuch as
ou can—it all hab its uſe. Endeavour to improve in know-

8 ledge b rt, ſomewhat from ev pe

| pre with yon you
converſe ; alſo, dive to the bottom gf ſubjects. Aſpire after the

character of having a great underſtanding of ſome, rather than
_ a ſuperficial knowſedge of many things. Chooſe for your com-
panions perſons of more knowledge than yourſelf, that you max
profit by them. Excuſe the freedom of theſe hints which!
ave ſuggeſled à8 they occurred in 3 I commend ou

i Your's, &c. J. L.

to God and th

f his grace.

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andy at Shelton. lived Mr. G, a perſon much given
to ſwear:

thing of a religious nature. This child would often remark,
with great horror of mind, to her mother, how Mr. G. ſwore,

and would wiſh to reprove him; bur for ſome time durſt not.

One time ſhe faid to her mother, Does Mr. G. ſay Our Fa-
ther?“ (a term by which ſhe called her prayers. ) Mrs. F.

could not tell. She then ſaid, I will watch, and if he

does, I will tell him pf ſwearing fo.” She did watch him, and
ſaw him ſaying his prayers privately in bed. Soon aſter this
the heard him ſwear bitterly ; upon which ſhe ſaid to him,
Did not you ſay Our Father” this N How dare

E {wear ! Do you think he will be your father if you ſwear?”

e anſwered not a word, but ſeemed amazed, as well he might.

He did not live long after this: but he was never heard to

ſwear again. So true is that ſeripture . Out of the mouths
ef babes and ſucklings haſt thou ordained praiſe!? S. G.

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M. Rar, Tromas GRovE, and W. Williams; To which gre
added, the Report of the Diractors, the Proceedings of the Meeting, ans a

L of the Subſeribers. 8 vo. p. 165, 25. 6d. Ch pmany 1800.

Havi given in the account of the General Meeting of the Society, +
in our Magazine for June faſt, the Texts, with a brief analyſis of each

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the arguments advanced in the Miſſionary eauſe Society continues to
find able advocates, and additional arguments, to | |

. ſhall, therefore, neither compare the diſ-

imate their exertions.

Compariſons are invidious.; | | |
courſes witMeach. other, nor thoſe of the preceding year z though all

circumſtances conſidered, we think they would, in general, hape little to

Fils : fear from the compariſon, - But we are requeſted by the author of the laſt

Diſcourſe to mention that, oving m the prefd, the fol.
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his Hire,” and is founded on 1 Cor. ix. 11. © If we have ſown unto Fa,
8 things, &c. from which Mr. N. takes occaſion—1. To he

at, by means of the miniſtry of the Goſpel, we are made acquainted wit

the true God—with our own ſtate by nature—and: with the remedy pro»

vided in the Goſpel 1 are put in actaal poſſeſſion, of: this remedy, and dhe

work of grace is carried on in the (hearty of the Lord's

| people.—2. . .
ves that it is the bounden duty of Chriſtians to maintain faithful mini-
iters of the Goſpel, and, if neceſſary, to make proviſion for the families of

their deceaſed paſtors. This is argued from ſeveral paſſages of ſcripture 3
but chiefly from the context.—-3. The preacher conſiders. the object, the
_ . origin, and a few of the advantages peculiar to the inſtitution for hi

children of deceaſed Miniſters,” The Inſtitution owes its origin to & be.
f this fond

be pleads. ** The object is to form a permanent fund for the widows An-

nevolent individual, Dr, Hamilton, The peculiar advantages ©

are, that it is ſupported, in a great meaſure, by lay donations and wage
on, AN |

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tions; a great proportion of laymen will be conſtantly. in the directi

Tux former of theſe Diſcourſes is entitled, © The Labourer worthy of

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| portance of the ob 0

eloquently, and (as it proved) ſo ſucceſsfully pleaded. It appears from

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page 42, that ſome of theſe have been made uſe
even to the ſalvation of the foul! © —© 1 5
AN Impartiial and Succindt HisTORY of the Cnuach or CHRIST, &c.
the Rev. T. HAwEIS, LL. B. and M.D. (continued from page 288).
We promiſed our readers not to take leave of this valuable Work with-
out preſenting them with Another Extract, which we ſhall now give, contain-
wg the characters of Meſſrs. Weſley and Whitfield, both on account of their
being highly intereſting in themſelves, and becauſe we think the Doc-
tor's forte lies in ſuch happy characteriſtic ſketches. ' (See vol. iii. p. 274.)
© Before I quit this ſubjeR; it may be worth a moment's attention, to
Ketch a portrait of the two great characters who. eminently contributed to
this revivalof religion among us. As both favoured me with their cor-
dial regard, and though more in uniſon with the one than the other, I have
ever defired to give honour to whom honour is due, and hope never to be
aſhamed of the friendſhip of John Weſley. de Ka 21 3.59
John Weſley was of the inferior ſize, his viſage marked with intelli-
Sence, ſingularly neat and plain in his dreſs; a little caſt in his eye, ob-
lervahle on particular occaſions ;. * graceful, and remarkably ac -
5 3 2 1 tive.

|, in ſeveral inſtances,

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EL 3 the divine lait n ahou
in which he was held by his followers, he had nt ſo es thou — 08

fſurable part of his conduct, was 12 very un
will Hardly admit the plea ©

An ste e n d

5 "Mis dance, Hent and acute, was bl Te wr
With the attaifiments fond fe he poſfeſſed 4 fond *« of, anecdote.

_ 17 gry rendered bis comp ny as entertaining as inſtructive. His
1 ae and folemn, t though not Humined

atldrets in public was

os thaſe corvſcations of eloquence which marked, if I may uſe wy ex-
. the difegorits of his rival George Whitfeld; but there w.

vine fimplieity, & 264), a venerablenefs in his hem bl which —

altention, ati} never forfouk him in his lateit ers $ when at tourſcore he

* ER all 3 freltineſs of vigorous old age, His health was fe.

3 Le .amidſt a. rene of labour and W Ber exettions of

yy to which few would Akt been-'equal. Never nay poſ.

Ke greater perſonal inflaence over the poop i with him. Nor

0 e,

dred wheels in motion, fome moved FWI, hardly yielded to the

impulſe of the main ſpring pring, dn need not {peak. of the 'exemplarineſs of his

Aife, roo mr eyes were upon d m to admit ef bis hal: 18 nor could his
es en maintained a moment longer, than the mk convittion
of God, and

efſed his berry wb that fre was an eminently favoured ſain 0
foly walk, as for tis "ſt Poiliciess indefatigable

— ſingular wx du 8
labour enemies reviled him, and would, if poMbll, rob him of the meed
of well-deſerved honour, by imputing to him objects below the prize he had
1 but he was à man,
> conſciouſneſs of his

he muſt have been gore than ma

himſelf. more highly than he ought to thiak. We. exhal A no .
lias was a man of. like paſſions as ourſelves =.

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etimes read to conſtrue as miraculous,

85 * His . ſituation led him to imaging 5 the gle Lal head e + tha.

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| ofitian was in reality, and however evident ay comraty effects appear-

ed in thoſe who held them. But his bitterneſs. and '#ſperit y towards thoſe
who defended them, and his harſh imputations on the God they worſh? *pped, |
Whatever provocations be might plead, were oh inexcufable. |

But above all, that which appeared in ohn Welley, the moſt ken-

of his Calviniſtic adverſaries, which; in a man of his zeuteneſewf intellect,
F unintentional miſtake,
Ham called upon to ſpeak; the truth, and I doit from my heart, with-

n out bed ak of perions, to the belt of my knowledge, Mr. Welley is gone

10 give an account of himſelf to his proper Judge, by whom I douht hot

all his iniquity is pardoned, and his infirmities covered; ' And now that

e 201 Wh * been lee dun _ * Staves * — ö

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renarkavi kind ſpicited, and averie to gt roverſy and its bitterneſs; and
© friends will Bear me, witnels, bat his temper, was as
eo converſation as s fingularly « e as his piety was: deep
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| "Fear, look upon his like again ſpeedily.” After pa
2nd good report, during more than thirty years of iticelſant labour, he en-
ured into his reſt in America, wlüch had peculiarly benefited by his vifits j

thatle , For " e * e pare s 4 :

Vith the power of the Holy Ghoſt,-ſen heaven.
_ "Ignorance of his real character, the fatuit of prej{e, or th
* may have ſiigreſted, the day is coming, when His geg

aſter will condemu every tongue that hath riſen up in
him, and Gy in the preſence of men and angels, “ 18 is
faithful 2 895 . into the 0 . * Lord.” 1

having croſſed the Atlantic thirteen timès, to n of e oleh Bl
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nw v. wit 3 of an amiable diſpoſition; and Fs beloved by

all that knew her; but, till very near the cl6fe-of her life, ſhe was inat-

| gentive to the concerns of her foul. About two years ago ſhe appeared evi-

be her end. She was much alarmed at her awful ffuation, Her parents
being Baptiſis, ſhe had never been baptized, which troubled 'her much, for *
fear the ſhould not have a chriſtian burial, Tbis ſhe mentioned to ber
| Hiſter (a member of Eagle - ſtreet Meeting) who informed her that the bap-
tim of water was nothing, withoat that of the Sgjgit. She would frequent " 48

- fit. and weep when ſhe ſaw people goifig to the hevſe of God, on calling to
remembrance, no doubt, the errors of her aſtlife, in living in a to negle&t
of ſacred ordinances, - When the Southwark Sunday Schools we opened,
the tent lither two of her children, who, haying paſſages of ſeripture given
them to learn by heart, #Muftrative- of the fubje& to be conſidered the
following, Sunday evening, Mrs. V. uſed to take particular notice of

ele + pallages ; and one of the children beigg of a very inquiſitive w_ g
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wind, ſhe uſed frequently to aſk her mother the meaning of different ſcrip-
tures, and particularly. that in John iii.,“ Ve muſt be born again. NI
4 rid would not be long, ſhe began (6
to make with God, and the „ lab.
came powerfully to her mind,“ Set thine houſe in order for thou ſhalt die

and not live.“ From this time ſhe became ſo terrified at the approach of

be born again.“ Mrs.

V. expecting that her time in this

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death, that ſh r s were {
by, her con{fant weeping throughout the night. She ſaid at one time,

one of ber daughters, © Nancy, 1 am afraid to cloſe my eyes, for I fear
ſhall be in hell before morning.“ A friend put into her hand Allen's Alarm
to the Unconverted, which ſhe read with great eagerneſs in this ſituation.
Mr. W. and myſelf firlt viſited her; we found her very ignorant refpeRt-

"ing fpiritual things ; and the book (firſt mentioned) had diſtreſſed her mind
ſtill more, as ſhe. only noticed thoſe. paſſages which ſeemed to be moſt
againſt her. Ween

| | ured. to ſhew her the nature of fin, and God's
method of pardoningi after this ſhe had a more comfortable night than
uſual, A day or two after a friend lent her a ſermon, which proved a great

bleſſing to her. The following Sabbath, Meſſrs. C. and fed, hero |

and found her in a calm ſtate of mind. They ſpoke to her e office

the Holy Spirit, as convincing of fin, and the oply remedy, Chriſt Jeſus z

and aſked her, if the experienced any thing of this; ſhe replied,..** I once

thought that I was a good chriftidn, that 1 never did any perſon any harm,
but now I kyow that I have no righteouſneſs of my own that can recom-

mend me to the favour of God I am a vile ſinner; and there ſtands my
huſband (pointing to him) he never prayed to God for himſelf or family
in all his life. We ba dave liged in the neglect of God, and of our own
ſouls, and have been 4 of the ſouls of our children. Oh, firs,
the blood of Chriſt
am vile, but

© O what Ane he ſhould look on me l“ The day
„ed his yifit, ard found her rejoicing in the Lord. 01
(ſaid ſhe) Mt a bleſſed book in the Bible! with what new light do I ſee
theſe precious |
ſweeter to my ſoul than she began to read the Bible, (with a
view to read it through) one iſt of January. She had read as far

Judges; and, as ſhe expreſſed it, „with new eyes, for it was bread and li

to her ſoul,” Her thoughts became now familiar with death. O come,

kind Death, (ſaid ſhe) and take_me'to my precious Saviour! Every thing
that gave her the ſmalleſt idea of recovery, even depieſſed her ſpirits; for ſhe
wiſhed to die rather than live. Frequently, when we have been kneelin

down to pray by her, ſhe would Ys O pray not that I may live, but that
I may die; for if I ſhould be ſuffered. to come agaigy,Jnto the world, and
diſnonour my Redeemer, how dreadful would that be f pray that the Lord
would cut ſhort his work in righteouſneſs.” r affe tion for her family

made the thought of leaving them painful; but ſhe ſoon. was enabled to

lay, *© can give you all up now to the care of my dear Redeemer.” She
aid to her eldeſt daughter, ho weßt at parting with her, “V ou ſee that I
cannot weep; once I thou 4

t I could not give you up in this manner, but
now I am ęnabled freely to do it, but this is all of grace. She looked on
her younſidt child, which was but two yrs old, and faid, Ah! you
would take away my heart from my dear Lord, but I have done with you;
you are no more mine but his.“ She ſpoke 2 the value of our Sun-
iting the parents of the

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e could get no reſt. ; and every morning her eyes were ſwelled

us truths, 0 been ſo long hid from me ! it is truly -

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„ - an heaven was a conſtant feaſt to her mind, and rendered her extreme

peated thoſe promiſes which ſpeak of the Lord
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Thomaz, ek you the Lord; and when onee you find him, he wi yever .

_ * forfake you above all things, for your ſoul's ſake, keep the ſabbath,

Do not grieve after meg why ſhould you? Von wiſh me well Do not

* Be wiſh me to be in glory? and T hope to ſee you thete.””. To her ſiſter
me

me ſaid, “ Vou have borne the burthen and heat of theday; and what a
_ - blefling it is that I, who have been but one hour, ſhall be an equal par-

mmather ?“ ſhe anſwered, yes z but t ſt of} „I am going to ſee my

E | Redeemer,” She received much comfort fronfr. Romaioe's Triumph
| of Faith, particularly the chapter entitled the ' Believers;

Death. A friend aſked her, if ſhe was not afraid of bs

She anſwered, that death was a welcome meſſenger to her he longed for

it day and night. Another friend ſaid I think you are Wc pg

the worſe ;** ſhe replied, % think I am much altered for better, for I

56 We "taker !** Her ſiſter ſaid, * You are goin noo to ſee our father and

mull ſoon be gone.“ The Sunday before ſhe died, two officer daughters
* lifted her up in bed ; and ſhe ſaid, ** thignhtahe laſt time I mall be lifted -

up, till I am lifted up into the High heaven n Monday the faid to her

children, © Seek the Lord, and remember your Creator in the days of your
youth. Hear the word of God, and Fs not away your time as 1 have
done,” Do not you think that I am now going? Thank the Lord, it

will be a joyful day for me 1 She frequently repeated the hymns ““ Jeſus,

Lover of my Soul, Thou dear Redeemer, Dying Lamb, &c. and John
xvii. was her favourite chapter. On the morning of the day the died the
fun ſhone very beautiful, and ſhe defired the ſhutter of the window to be

opened, and ſaid, eon I ſhall behold the Sun of Righteouſneſs, whom I
Wall ſee for myſelf and got another In the evening, a. friend came zu
informed me ſhe was dy. 1 immediately went, and aſked her how ſi;

did? O (fays the) I am very weak, but 1 am waiting for my bleſſed ,
again about nine, when I waited

Redeenſer. I promiſed to be with
upon her with Meſſrs, W. and B. an

her

und Mr almoſt incapable of ſpeał ·

ing. She took her daughter by the hand, and ſaid, “ Rewerobey” "She
lay

as aſked, if ſhe could bear gg hear me pray? ſhe ſaid, I might ay. wh:
? 3 7 ſay to the family, an@ then pray, that ſhe might have a ſpeedy dil-
ſolution.“ And whey was at prayer, the pains of death came upon 0

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her lips ſeemed to mos much; but the laſt words that could be diſtinet
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FR e the Lord has brought me into the world again. I was in hopes
|. .* - Tſhould have been in heaven before now, but his will be done. I hope T
3 8 to ſtand In the heat of the battle till he take me aff the
Feld.“ She uſed to long much for Sunday and Tueſday 1

tinged down Nalrs for
nth 3 bat her q y and fufldenly,
that it was with difficulty ſhe could be got up ſtairs. - The prolpett of the

Kind ſhepherd to his
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often fa a © What are all my pa} and ſufferir 8 (however reat ; |
omg with thoſe of my deat Lord!“ She id Xo her huſband,

ings in the body the happieſt portion of fr She frequently re-

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Of the pariſh of Wooburn, Bucks, died January 3, 18 aged 49.

At the age of teen the was firſt ul 5
brought to a clear@ knowledge of the truth under the miniſtry of the late Mr.
Francis Blackwell.“ Her relief from diſtreſs, and comforts in religion,
began from the ſuitable and powerful application of this very precious
promiſe—"* T.will never leave thee, nor forſake thee,” Heb. xiii. 6. The
- ſupport of Which, thou | er
through her long affli At the age of 25, the was incapable of at-
tending public worſhip, and was confined to her bed for the ſpace of twenty
years, On herconfinements the ws „

With joy I did thy word attend, ES
Was glad thy Saints to meet; i l e
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But ſhall far thoy art lefs kinl d
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Her piety and affliction engaged very general attention ; many excellent
miniſters, wh
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thou not, in ſome meaſare, acquainted with thy ſpiritual ?- Thou
art. Doſt thou not hunger and* thirſt after rig e righte-
ouſneſs of Chriſt imputed tothec, and a l race implafited in thee ?

ife u doſt. Is not this
thou belongeſt to God?

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_ merciful Jeſus ! it is by thee, and the

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I come to thee as à poor finger 36% Lord,

and the very burdei

brethren.?* Sürely if I love any people, they are thoſe who love and fear

gain it is re»
ll be faved.”
I look, 1
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pefiſh. 5 He Ell bis _
at 1 might he will encreaſe
my ſoul, that thou haſt no might?
f * thou art ? Thou doſt, in ſome

corded t Lam' the door by meg it

God ; the company of the careleſs 7 1 love *

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wer to the faint, and to them.
rength.”* Art not. thou ſenfibley
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meaſure; and -i not this inether evi
Be encouraged, he has promiled thee llrength, and his word cannot fail. „
Set a mark on, the fore heads of the men that Ggh and that cry for all —
abominations that are done in tbe midſt, thereof. Poſt thou not. 22

cry, O my ou}, foggy! thy fins and abominations? Are they not thy grief
thy life? They are, Art not the fis of —
' grieve thee go the heart, their vanity, world.
thou not take encoutagement from Iſaigh ly. 1.

thy prief. alſo They
neſs, and'carnflity, C

— Oevery one that thirſteth, come * to hy waters &c. ? Doſt thou not

thirſt for the taaching, quickening, f yin comforting influences of
the Spirit of God ? „ My foul chirſteth "oa the living God even
to de with him, and to behold his rc hom once thou didſt ſlightly

eſt ; who was br.
rarſdi thee from l

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Won with Che and 1 ,
inſt my ſin, 1 ſet E 75
ched woman that I am!

ot underſtand this leripturs arightz and ſo takt the children's
bread, when i 2 not; belong to me. I, therefore, plead i and the
— ſcriptures, © If any man lack Nen; let him af be God,

' - liberally, and it ſhall be given him. e Bleſſed are the poor in ſpirit !”* Art

de that thou belongeſt to Jeſus # |

ine iniquities, who bought thyllþeace, and
eſt Lob is not what r written mM g

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meet my n hsteter I am e r de de.

eeived in the things ones belong y eberlaſting peace! Dear Re?
deemer, deliver me from all errors en and practice! 91 1 8
of Truth, lead me into all truth! Amen.

", Rematk recorded by her; Feb. 19, 1799, e e re &

ſeryed. '66:T; awoke. with ſome terror oh my mind z Roked ö after ſors”

promiſe and et if 1 ever wreftled with God, it was then. A

. lides Jeſus, were as nothing to me; I gave up my ſelt
entirely to page e in Mun as my only portion; Þ had Enriſt, and 1
him afl I could deſize, FThoſa words ere ſweet to my foul, 1 7
ed for thee, that thy faith fail not 3** former promiſes were no S
to me, I will never leave thee, nor forſake thee. It bas been witneſſes ;
her, that ſhe was very road We againſt the approach of fm, and — 5
great tenderneſs of conſaiee · During the laſt weck of ner life the felt
her dying condition, 8 ; * I ſhalt ſpend the next ſabbath in glory.” *
When her fitter told her :
recovering a little, ne expreſſed her ſorrow that the was called back into

life, and deeply lamented} that the loved Chriſt ſolitthe, | In ens diele of

dert ſhe exclaimed,” Joy l joy!“ 25
Mr. Engliſh, at her requeſt; improved ber death by a Diſcourſe on Di-

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The ou oy idol o Sas n uncommon. attachment to mulicy
which he eſteemed moye th neceflary food 3. and: Sery opportunity
was embraced with the Ow ratify "his favourite paſſion, un-
til it pleated God to give ano EE wind, and induce him to ſeek
for more ſolid and permanent enjoy "ag zout;twelve monihs precec.
ing his death he was, with much! culty, prevailed upon by an old.
neighbour, whoſe eyes had been enlightened from above, to attend him to
awadjacent village, where the word of life was prtached by a pious and |
valuable miniſter of the eſtabliſhed church. On his way thither he was
ſtrongly tempred io run ax aꝝ from his companion, but zi Lotd reſtrained
him, and he heard, for thechrſt tine, the tidings of tion through a
cracified Redeemer ; ; this circum ce proved .

enſpg to much ſub-
ſequent converſation on religious jects, and

tollowel by a light
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which, a ſhort time
before, had been opened. t Bexley, bay a Tociety at Greenwigh, eſtabliſh&d.
for the pur poſe of promotin

e knwledge, of the Golpel his moves
you however, far from be evangelical, and he was diſpoſed rather te
atirize t

prove, until the fun of righteoufgels gradually a oſe on his
benighted ot and dilperled che clouds wit eh Bruce and preju;
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vine Forgiveneſs, from Heb. viii. 22, and ſome ori inal Hymns found

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In proportion a he ene liens ee . |
{realy wid, even as with fire. The emiſfaries of 1 .
his deareſt friends and relatives | him; and when attacked by both.
with great anger for aſſociating with his religious. acquaintance, he was
ee ſuffered to loſe his tem per, but when reviled, he reviled not again,
thereby putting to Glence Wh i orance of fooliſhimen. - About this time,
tze Members of the Chriſtian ociety whom he had join deſirous of
ſetii ting apart one pt in the 4 for ſocial prayer, ich proved a
of conflict, and through grace, of triumph too; for the

: ſame evening had been choſen for the meetingyof a muſical club at a pub-

. lie- houſe in the. ,neighbourhood,' for, though almoſt borne thither by the 4
5 ſtrength of the temptation,” he was nevertheleſs enabled to attend his Chri-

tian brethren. in their, religious exerciſes 4. ou which: occaſipns- his former
be e being irritated and diſippointed; byghis abſence, repeatedly ſent
for him from the place of worſhip, but he ſted |
ties, and diſregarded their ridicule. A gro "acquaintance with the
corruption of his nature, led him to adder. the gracious dealings f God in

* 5 calling LES TO into marvellous W ned in 3
wha! his f d frequently exclajm, T8 2851 br EL
"Why was 1 made to hear >>. voice, „ 4 75 MEE.
And enter while there 's rom 1 e Fd |

"When thouſands maks a wretched, chaice, $36 .
En Aud rather ſtarve than me. ;
* js Uiſcewſe: preached from Matthew xiii. 45. and PP

fs 5

ts an "abid- |

Ing impreſſion on N mind, and tayght him the ineſtiſbable value of
Criſt, as the pearl of great price, 4 20 in ſome, meaſure pre-
. to meet his future ſufferings. Mortly e thus became grounded

im the truth; a violent cold which he caught, broy ww a fapid deca 172
and confined him, firſt to the houſe, and'then to his b but although
- was preventeq tom attend ing the pu . eee grace his chamber was
made a Bethel, and heconſt; 4 mpan of ple, v whole con»
verſation and relig jous exerciſes P pro tab ad {vines
"and when they 3 pr neceſſarily abſent, le 4
read the Scripts fo him, a ng expreſs h
hae became ſenſible of his approa ng d |
forward to his great change will The utmolt ſerenity, -confiding with un-
ſhaken faith upon the great atonemglt. accompliſhed for him by his divine
- Redeemer. The ſpiritual nel fforriving friends lay much on ws;
© "heart, and was frequently the ſubjeR of, conyetfation, and earneſt pra:
He derived great conſolation from the{ remembrance of paſt ſeaſonb of
© grace, and with N e would N his e in the

words of Dr. | |

Ee IF his ſmiles my 5 s liv" N 7

| rt of Heavenpoſleſs'd ; .

> v7 pra is name for grace reotie' bu BR
* ruſt him for the reſt. $3

= he r with mY had to rupyle, were fre-

i gomtely prouRive of the maſt exerũliating hin, and in ane of theſe pa-
a . he was overheard to ſay to himſelf, ® The Lord Jeſus nds ready

1 uh open arms lagreceinlith my departing foul. » Thus way. grace mani-
ad and * ee in his dechining days, ag the . of
ion.

On the evening p ing his diſſoluti n, achange was Ahmad to Lave
taken place in Ais diſorder, which forchopdghe, mrmggiate fall of 1
earthly tabernacle, in conſequence of whic 10 is Chriſtian *

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e rieten Mrklle nnen EE
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Vas ſent RY and. contioitd with, him until che enſuing morn te hens) 1
Vio.itboaut afigh or ſtryggle, he cloſed his eyes upon the F Et: —_
—— entered into ever lalkſbg peace. 1
At the deßire of ſeveral perſons, 1 * afiftive diſpen ſation. was; 2 5 af. W
_ = terwards improved to a crouded auditory, (by the perſpo whoſe labours had- 15
been bleſſed to his cſtabliſhmept in the divine lite): in a diſcourſe from 1
, Matt. xxiv. . when it pleaſed God to 3 it to the ſpiritual „
advantage E relatives 5 the deceaſed, and a ſpirit, of enquiry was ex- 1
dtlted on the occaſion, under the er al the Holy ID has con- W 1
. tinucd to the es 1 1 MW x {18
e "© 7 bo £ N 155 at PHY 1.5. : 1
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{REL | us INTELLIGENCE. nn
ED 8 8 | MISSIONARY SOCIETY: POE Ki | i 1
45 * has been received from Mr. Hillyard, FONG at T 1
A lingate, near Newfoundland, giving a very pleaſing account of his Tay; 1
there, and the ſucceſs which has already attended them; requeſting Sx 225 bl.
another Miffionary may be ſent to his alfiſtance, with a view of ſpread 72 | Fa
the Goff at Bonaviſt and, Green's Pond Iſland, which requeſt the Dire? | Wl
tors have taken into « fra have reſolved to ſend another Miſ- . [ 17004
fionary as ſoon as they can find a ſuitable bea is therefore hoped, the 14
Miniſters and Frends of the Society will bedilige in their enquiries, hat 1
one properly qualified may be procured to fail in the next fleet. „

Intelli genes hav alſo been _O IS; from MiMirs. Bentom and 1

Mitchel! 6naries, s 2 t of their arrival and kind recep- |

tion amongſt the people ir entrance upon their Miſſionary ſervice; 4

Mr. Bentom, at bi people, is to er while at Quebec; ml

while Mr. Mitch ny . a 7 of a for k i

a ſeaſon there, or at 12 * Britifſettleme A x

N. B. A Report has been'circulated in fome 2 he's ublic prints, that 4

the miſſion at Oraheite had oaſis, and-al} the Miſfionaries were re- 4

turned. But-we'ca aſſure thE@Friends of the Society that there is no
foundation whatever for this report, as no intelligence has arrived but
what we have already tated. Wie are ſeven men _ two women on the |
iſland, and others a on their paſſage to Join them, |
4 . |
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from the 25t | |
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* 5 "claim rom you the right hand of f low hip, and join you 8 1
$ 5 | 1 i F box Lord in heathen nations ; Ne fe is com to hs Cy 0
5 of four Miffionaries, two Englith and two Dutch, whoſe 2 , we truſt, -

1 £ ers nest devoted, to this work ; and apart of whom will, probably, Vit
the Happy . Fountain, chat they may gapfer with you on the molt - -
-* + ſuitable plan of operation ; and whether the Fea eat object is likely 8 8
peſt accompliſed by remaining with you to ſtrengthen your hands in te i
„ _ Lord's wok vr by attempting to form another Miſſionary ſtation, and. IM
1 Fs extend the knowledge of his great ſalyation awzgng the heathenz Wee
have been extremely intereſted with the account N journey in co any 7
with your other Brethren, and have fr vokndy 0 the tribute of undil-

0 = to God, your hate 7 hoſe. interpoſition Hs been

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. e place where you commenced our chriſtian m
knowledge of this latter event, we. gre indebted to a letter 2 5

gracio uchſafed in every part of your pfogreſs, as well as in yur ſet-

the ſiltry e z 4

FCircberer to the Rev. Mr. Vos, dated November 26, 17995 pot |
| Which has been ſent to us by Mr. Schoonberg, and which has afford. - A 4
- the melt lively {atisfattion, - We greatly gpprove the cireumſpect and ag " :

tis arner in which our dear. Brother. expreſſes his views and doubts re- 65
ipecting the. favourable i whic] 11 5 attended yt early at-

tempts to do, good to the heat a however, of a very
EEnecuraging nature ; and ſhall — * to Near that ey prove a8 the Morne.
ting Fght, which encrea to the perfect daß.

a e obſerve, alſo,” that you have begun. to gire e in reading, |
I anti that you app to have already a Na attend on divine

egation

4 worſtiip, and ups ſeveral $ whon; 5 5 ion ea. to have been
made. oth information : alſo 10 2 warms our hearts, and
15 encouraging 1 4 to

8 Inſpires ou prayer t God hay, cauſe
that the number, of

5 be crowned with an ny in .
vary 2 Ig By that ſome. are

oſe who reſide * are liable
„ - frequently toming aHd others leavinf Jou, agrekably to the rovi 17 and un-
t, however, that ſo far as you,

ly, ſettled habits of 5. heathen. We dogg
1 | have the opportunity, you wrt pri eir ſettlement among you, that
they may have the advantage of your conſtafif verſight and inſtr bog wr. :
be thus reſcued from the pernicious. cuſtallſs and infectious examples 2

their heatheniſh countrymen. In order to thiSit may be requiſite toinſtrut᷑t
ide t ſelyes with the necefla-

them how. to cultivaſythe earth, and to
gies and accommod of lit; which, we belief is the plan upon which
great ſucceſs. *

_ our Mofavian Ie proceeded :
„ We perceiv t Br reſolved, nd at the ſame time

% * wards ha
* executed, the reſolution 0 etting gu " for Cape Thivn. Although this

excited in us logiſſh ſurprize, 20 pef ada, would not take this ſtep
ncurrence of Bre „ we conclude it muſt be

witlrhe fu
8 anſwer ſome very poo 2 Mb whi the next difparcWſy will.
particuls of ths play whic you |

fall informatiggs,
oS:: anxious to
rogreſs'y 0 * 12 you, the further _ |
ing whic may 4 . introduction of the Goſpel, with hat-
9 9 "TP may _ Fould 1 7 to o regu urg! _— the mo |

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. equipment of our future Miffionaries,. ..

alſo, any particularsd an 8 ature concerning the cuſtoms anu
manners of its Anse, its nt, and religion whatever would
enlarge aur knowledge of the . of God, and his providential ditpenfas
tions; as the publication of theſe would not only afford us individual grati-
fication, but + wth 3 attention to our infritution, and We
ote its 1 v5}. 1
We truſt you are enjoying the 4ight of the divine colmtenance—living * 5
together i in brotherly er to the progreſs of grace in your own
ſouls—pre aring for trials Mifficulties, and dangers, it God thould fo ap-
point—a cheriſhing the principle by which the world is crucified to you,
2 the intereſts of your crucified King form the ſole objects of your higheſt
ambition, and your unwearied purſuit, Let your communitations be ad-
dreſſed. ” the 9 cover, to Mr. N Hurdcaſtle. |

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London, May's
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| ALTHOUGH you 0 will receive, by the FI veſſel which conveys this,
other letters frem-our Society, or from ſome members in connection
With it, yet we are deſtrous of maintaining frequent communion with 4 |

as you dwell very Mn in our remembrance, and%akvays mh our water, of

and we have lie ſatisfaction in the opportunity of informi
the bearers ofthis letter are 2 .& a f Chriſt, and; Lo wat *
harbingers of his grace and Kin amon . beathen. Four of our
Brethren in Chriſt are ſent out with the views of joinkpg your ſtandard, and *
that of the Mſciples'Kircherer and Edwards 1. two Filem are natives o f
Holland, and the others our own countrymen; but we'truſt, they are united

2. affection, and will not ſay, „I ag of E al, and Lof A s;“ but that
they are all one in Chriſt. K candid ur preſent ſtate of uncertainty,
oſitiyely decide as to thei | Jeſtination but our immediate view
is, that two of them may h eyed to,your Katiagſtihsg the others to
Iwards de afterwards diſpoſed of as *

that of Brother Kirch eren
"ot get objẽs which both you

may appear moſt likely tö pe
and they have in charge.

The journals which we have * from you, and which relate your.
pftogreſs to the borders of the congti where you intend to pitch your tents,
* afforded us a theme of unfegned thank ſgivingito your heavenly Con-

or, who has led you thus fi rough the witderneſs raiſed up for you 73
unknown and unexpected frjgnd8, delivered you from rs, and appa-
rently opened for you an Merc among a na | s e truſt, are pre-
pared py his divine influencEfor t zamiton ff. n of the Sue |
diſpenſation and this has alſo mal ſtrongita m on one minds of
* produced univerſal 1 de FN

hriſtians in general, 'a that a ek whoſe
doemmencements are ſo aupieious, d receive additional ręinforcements,
m order that it may extend i vari directions, and ed tlie a

adyan n give tt 2
oy next journal of gur
our . S
op ry there. Me ;

tages that our influence
We e ow waiting in anxious ſolicitude
Brother anderkemp, which, hope, w

among the Caffe, and the co end u

mall read it wit ere intereſt, and truſt i 1 us with frefh oc
caſion of now dee Vour information rning theſe nations,
Þ little know ir very. n particularly their cuſ-—

toms,

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wy b. 5 | ABLISIOUS tnToLLICENT?.

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are far better acquainted with ſurrounding 72
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Joy relighdo, popuſation,

ernmgnt, mode of livi nl maths of
euring ſubſiſtence, and E of their country a . 4

ou ; every thing relating te. you wil ar important o s. We with .
4 agony ant ow PA. ' time (which;

is profitably,) hom you procure

om encouragement, there may appear for other» fem, what ſhould be

ualißcations of the inſtruments, What

the Toe, or with Chriſtians in the intermed
you wha |

940 f

munication you have with

e ſpaces and. what 1

d in of from our Societ
| 2 about the ndult of of 6 miſſion under your e
s imprgx

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Har care, ſomgof - Te c
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ed to jadge of the beſt adapt

ſt, however, to yo conſidera
Inder your tuition, more par
ief men, whoſe influence muſt Rh

to ta dren
of the eh
trymen, and whoſe qd. inſtruction mi

It, to promote. their impartant-iatereſts. To us this

commit you. Always to

le, and in whom epolited the
"treaſures of, wiſdom and wedge, his powerful — — alſo
ſurround, you, his. ineftimabIWJove c onſole you, and his faithful -
neſs preſerve you in t midſt of laboitrs 3 dangers, - wearineſs or diſcou -
eaſe, in the midiſ of ſucceſs and triumpli till you are

5

r of

E N z or, if

RY | 3. to lay aſide your 3 to be inveſted with the immortal
vreat

5 Pleaſe to let nne

s of vi and peace

| I” 1 the sat, e,

8

more to 2 . Soda: we þ
for any, only, he offered a mi
erchiefs. Mr. Buys urged -
A final anſwer upon ]

Tx 3 as us 9 0 and 70 1
brought with us; but he did not A
- cow for a few buttons, and two coarſe old i

” Me, by means is unc 25 Siccou, to giv

Glen
ot, Ain, pad r me en to return to the
pond ſhould give me admittance, . The un-

2 of. me Bond, — — wi to proſkute his. plan; and to ge
engal, Med me. alſo: and 1 Fel gras almoſt. 'exhauſted ; but [

up Mod, ing that he vis and keep my heart quiet, as

1 rehed upon Pim. A fow minutes 7 5 "Bu came in, telling chat tbe
would open Mm this day; gu he only b for the arrival
EE NOrg,— PGeiks ma this day a; d wife. When
laid ourſely; me-in with two,

Se" begging us to t em, 5
"ith the KING and the reſt, of the |

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tis. products, Theſe,
. however, are ſubordinate ſubjefts,, compared with thoſe which relate to the
Luceeſs of your miniſtry among them, the ſteps you are taking the encout
ragements or oppoſition you meet with, and the proſpects you have Before

ur ſubſiſtence, /

4

their _ 3
t incline and enalile them to exert |

SS anagriiade and . „ but you can alone Judge, how. far it is, NT We | *
25 ro he e
4 ho is the Cou

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tits, e ci | „

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e „er means of Mr,

* from the k be 1. ght be aſſured of by r my own

ws OY. ay in lominions, or to go when I choſe; but
be not only continued ſilent, but even refuſed to admit Buys into his 4
lence. The old accuſation of -our being Engliſhmen, : and betrayers, was |
aid to be renewed in . mind: of T'Geika, and that we muſt not be ſar.
prilec if we all put to death the next day, T. Zlambi, the King's
. 4: had v ed him * 5 but had not Wer any notice of us.
Buys himſelf. e b of bis o- fafety, All this evil was im puted
to me, as having led ourſople into theſe dangers ; notwithſtantling they
; Joon that I many times hid warned them againſt them, and that 455
anied me by their own choice. As for me, I knewythat ey

Ne into this country, I entered it, having the ſentence if Heath in my-
Li, that 1 not Muſt in myſelf, but in God, who raiſed the dead.
ier chat al this be ork was Satan? 's doing; and I knew. y ExpE=
rience Mt it was wrong . ew to fight againſt. him i my own -

ſtrengil as 1 had wes © im too ſtrapg for me; that they ply way
to overcome was to give dhe battle be hand of the , and
to wait for t Mictory from him; and he enabled me; by his gface, now
We read, in our courſe, the 34th-Pfalm. After ward Mr. Buys |
roatrived this ſcheme: he ſent for one of T'*Geika's | ins; and defir

him to go and to tell the King what change he had obſerxed in his coun-

tenance and behaviour towards him; that he ſawfthat the Ting paj big
not the leaſſgeſpect, as he did not 7 us; th therefore, in
to leave the country altoget wer nent mor nig and horn to the Tambou-
chis; that we alſo were reſolved Ader to Mo him to that nation, or- to
return bac to our own country.
circumſtance as a faithful brother prayed. with
. Mr. Buys early in the ror ap ordered his oxen to:
tent, and his horſe to be faddled, a dreſſed himſel
The King had ſupplied wit en to fetoh bis

for me, earneſtly.

brought to FI 5
the Journey.
mily and cattle

from the Tambouchis. , he in ſaying, at he himſelf
ing to them. I ok ed. 30d, and Brother ond prayed again
in private with mes. Vi then. 35 and , and I prayed with
our people. After ward ed New Teſta (the manual Edi-
tion of G. 5 at page 172, hes g, Eyw ea pm Poor, ec It is
© J, be not afraid, which gave : ftrengeh to my foul. This van
we received a viſit from, s Moda Laptain, called T'Katta, Afterward

la came in with eight or ten of his cap-
He aſked what theſe preparatins'meant .
hen anſwered him i 4 an earneſt and a ſevere”.
ſaid he, * that

Buys fat with us, and then 7
tains, and alſo: the Modagkifg
which Buys had made: Buys

tone: «© You have deciars ider me as your
father, but your condutt is me, i Wen d en ele eue *
then d him fot his = ds banghte to s us, nd ex-
Pg to 3 at large ho it way that ZN s cov and to what
| Purpoſe, „ and repreſented to him jotion he had of our c ger, and con-
; d that, it bei a pam to us for above a, fort t, wai in
vain for an 2 nen anſwer "he now was reſolved to pr for,
and for us; and if he was Frere on thegpad * Ma Tambonchis, the

contempt with ted by T Ks to be confid 3
the cau TG 4 u erch, which lalt
an hour. Bob Lat confeſſed his guilt A 3 tht he Had oy wy
nos ye behay ards Buxs J and us as he © ave behaved;

WIII Tas FR [Ai be, by 22
"For-va. (1 4 H #

1705

Brother Edmond, who behaved in this
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We ©
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myſelf, hs 1 cold
Bards F this time
_ heart-of / thel

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.could,

we c no
Would ny unfavourab
arted,. and e our way to th d
* all along the back of a
aft of our wag ave way,and-brot
much "Mg bei

4 repaired w1

ower of rain;

fore, wheel againſt |
We then pitched our tent, 3

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band in m
bim; 3

elf injured by me, a8 T
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0 m A zeww name, by,
bat T' Chefoe ff
ly knew what he meant to A. by it.

pieces 8.

the krial of. an old Hottentot- w

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cauſe 0h of t
not go on. He had
and an untaught one; and
e the oxen, for he ba
rity of our love tow:

cou
if it a

1

Waggons, for a haft.

7. J pulled one of the plants, of which "*a1
+ $he, root, which ha the wg vg a carrat
1 * it had
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3% ſe men to come into my cout
you have ſaid, and let Tinkhanna tske the:
of the Keis Kamma, and tay with ye
where he pleaſes, 1 '
erwirds mi

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r have now he
the King 8 e in his hand, like a ſtrea
and Bruintje. went to lock for 2 plate to
bu ſoagd: none, which obliged us to
received this day, that many o
name. T Che de j and aſking for 925 reaſon, theo told. m chat I

al names; chat it was the cuſſom > when ey! re-

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ard this. Thus the Lord thewed that

6. T'Geika viſited us early, before we aroſe,” He took 1 1 * vs, md
efired us to have a plate of dried apples, as it would be the laſt day that k +

He

ve us a ſheep, and ſent for
r three of his n. This-we were obliged tore-

were our nee oxen, without w

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ife with a deep iz |
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all here ſobjo in the e

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tle more —_ enough; > but only to tr
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t conſent; He declared üer ſatisfied, and that our refu

e lion u n his heart. We when be.

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do Witt to them as
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all never have a * te r

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water. Brother Edmond
wich our waggon over the
2 great way rothd -
the — Lotte -

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ſſed their feelings they -
at he who 3 ted, this new

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r three of our oxen, of.

r waggon |
rence between à worked ox
id not aſk them for the ſake
the fince-
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explained: to him the

Where we could ford the
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Was time expoſed to a heavy
When Valentine drove the

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Hottentot company was now reduced, to a ſingle aged man, and ori
Edmond willingly took upon him to aQ as or. driver. We then pro-
cteded, and. arrived at the T'Chommy a few 3 from. the place
. * it falls into the Keis Kamm. N
aſſed Chommy, ,whith js here begangen. ge and rocky, tho”
5 Ne 1 fou. ng place to. pals , overiithe Keis amma. 0 We went,
then, over the mountains on 7 right ſide, till we came to à P lace wire |
we could paſs it we after -crolfed another river called Debe, the
| bed of which alſo is very craggys and there we encamped. We had rain
in e 2 of us were ever i in A e eee 5 lachs 5 N

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Ind, as. we 2 not find them, we ſu
by ſome people: we alſo wars
entine had run off our hof Wt le, and bridle gpl
Are aid viſit this day, with f women of her kraf 1 .
ſpoke to Yor the of life, whiel ſhe-received ſeemingly with. muc at-
tention.”

1 10. Bruintje . te the king to enquire for the oxen, but he would not.

heak to him; and Brother Edmond went to take w ol 98 try
being left alone- with the waggon, experienced 3 a Trie

and ſweet cem Jeſus was, _ Jongg for fo other com 8 8

Three Caffres ca however, Ge unc s A while with me.
Bruintje refuſed to go to 1 ag els I. an interpreter |

to go with himg 1 then went in the Afternoon to go
where I engaged. an Hottentot to ga with bim the,

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day. 2 ſtayed
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wy thus I I wande hes Ly
Teas be hu d find neither my tent nor,
to the Lord. * then laid. myſelf 1
4 | As Thad...
| and. reſolved to - *
ſet out I wa&WMarned hy the
urs and. re; at 4 58
ind me, that 1 was wro 1
the ris,

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ſome time at this Kraal, and, returning in the evening, by

ſtream for another; 1 loſt enti 7
half bour backwards and fer
kraal, but was obliged.'to.g
down, reſolved to fleep-thiere auth
nothing to defend myielf i
go ſtraight way yeltward,- but

barking of dogs, (Which I took: to bey

ſtance over a ridge of mountains Ju 4

then retuined, directed by their rep arkings. When I paſſed Tit.
ver Marge zayman plunged i into it went through a ck. wood, and $%8
arrived, not at our tent, but at oldifppollonias's N who gave me two 7
men, whoput 1 me in the right ur tent. N
1. Bruintje ſet out with riff ottentot, which 4d d, dad A F360
ther to look for the oxen; but did ngt go to eika, afraid g HER
him, and came back in the evening Mut thet £4 1
12. I reſolved myſelf to gg to the king, in order toWhveft his aer Ul
in finding out the oxen, 1 7 morningggnexpectedly returne rags .
u cured (ſee Avuguit Wa us that the 8 53008
ew en upon the farm of Kobus R Reger, S: taken all ary cattle, and Wl is:
* twelve gren, which we left: to his care, 08 ber 8.) and » (Ng
- the cattle. of Piet Prinſlo, who given hit £ to come to us 1
rother Edmond went to thè Caffre kraal, ame back with Wl: -
ems Interpreter for me. I tound T' Geik „and as I was -H FE. Wl,
ky my to ſpeak, he ga Ws” Se r hat I was obliged, _ WH
wh at, and to peak . id that 12 nas glad that I had 8
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3 nad left ui, and ſtolem our horſe; that if 2 'be
r country it was not to be ſo in his 3 that o g allo eiquire after
: 4 * 5 „And orce him eſtore the horſe, and deliver Hin nto our ands;
| uniſh him himſelf.” Having aid a wile with bim, I 'went tot & {econ
Juen for milk, Which he gade me, and thai tetürned home, II f e ne
| rg, when dark; brother e obſeß (our ſtolen horte ad.
e finding behind the bun 'where oe had cur fte und
17 * v hom we ſuſpe&ed to be bear at hand, being epeour!
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3 moviſhed him of the conſequences of koch e *
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in ay SY har, attended by ons
bn horſeback.” Hy oh m)

92 ched me his Hand, and,
* tent to fitep in, he thanked un, but faid he was"?
| ant the reſidence of his mother. J.
14. Sibcou, the king” s uncle, came with of of his men ant dined with,
ente of theſodankians, with two ottentots on horſeback, told
3 comma Was warching towards. 7 27
5 W1 ie Mt. De Buysflp requeſt his a 3
* of the gs 5 In the Evi

2 iy Fel bag VL oſt on

{ Np ha oh fphinngy 4 fuc | > ; that vw we were
o femov dier tent t higher grounſ cg.
| 525 alentine came, back, f fallen, by Boys bimfelf;" who told os that
6 om he had ſent to his family in 152 country of the Tambou.
i 5 had þ bis — E. bugpt, and Wee hq nine cl
Axen Joſt, as they f | Mikdinnas ; they ound ſo
he bor of alle! The men alſo ſent” by TG; |

WS" pltio of theſe exceſſes, i
and Henry with Wim.
with the five (xen, which: -had been |

N iVen them back v

| N bing: b The evehing Sto Bo ve

f 5 8 the 1 dee infähzng us that the Mak dinnas bas de. v

ſtroy ec the houte, &c. of De Buys, Wt that his wife and fanjily were ;
uchis, father-in-Jaw 10

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; Sa 3 en defired me to pra d to thank the 2 for this
1 % J * Y = ok: K. king, who ſvſpefted"hijs father-in-
j law to be t the * om of the plundering of Ruys': s houſe, to clear him *

is ſuf Ohe of the wol trounding us every night, bit off
| ek ] n cord of o our * * 0 with one the yokes.--

ce and rain.

20. Laſt ng e
N r heard be *

8 Lg fic? an. unconinon boite we had mee ·
them milling the ſhriek3.of women crying fa
ſtance ; others of children, others the oh men. : |
ſuppoſin ies Proceeded from ſome Caffre girl s of Appolloni
ebe, being inſulted ty, Valente ran to 4

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| RELIGIONS INTELLIGENCE, ; 39,

"ts to * tes which cats "make i e n nightly purſuing, —

_ vinced me of my: Ke We departed this morning at eight clock te bit

the lace where 'we intended to ſeitle, and arrived there at ne Orc 1

| Here we found Bata, Buys, (ho went on bor ſeback befofe us) te Eng TE

| lim deleriers, called Thomas Bentley and Henry , a hottentot, ank -

— Tambourhis in a hut, after the Caffre faſhion, but tame what 7
and of an ob g form. Wie had vam this day and thunder, e

Before thiFhoile we bad a beautiful field ns in the middle of * *

amphitheane oy: fek mountains, inhübed by numbers of Caſfres, di vide *
into different kraals, en of which Gere very near us. Round the
of the mountain t rer Gunko oeby ran, affording os moſt excelient-

| ee The alcent to the mountains was covered by a4 kick wood of

timber of every tind: ſome of the trees were abo 9 feet hi

od MY v0 the top 01 the mountain were Md ofa vale

Sao i,

— ens» rag
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extent, an a beautiful 'verdure, and the to ifelf was was optic With in-

ds. anked my Lord for having brdug huge ale to n.
through ſo difficult? nd dangers ce"
entrie ang, a ma has s Afi «

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per” EVER. nean u, n Wi
Me Yong filence Ras, I. fer, made 1
, friendfhip, but wherefore ſhould' Nig
mackable to commnnicate 2. I — Baba, 10
me. Since then I have ii tor writing ; | he
lp. this opportunity 10 you a 'few lines. : =
We arrived ſafe in, ahl on Satyrday mog 1
continued preae ing f nee crol(Þ(gener With g 1
of heart and liberty ee, ope not Meat ſucceſs); tit — 4 1
Ne then I have, belides- 1

4th, on which day I bega n my deer tbur.
hard riding and 2 ae th

Many of the places wherg Bl
f dreadful battles: 'and maſſe
places, Wicklow, r.
the moſt Wege 10
tioned places) oh 0 0
heard of the .

ached fifty - nine long ſermons.

| ched have been reudered mound

| the late rebellion, Ltbink- that of t

hy, and Wexfdrd have received my miniſtry: 1
ere here (atleaſt in the two laſ men ·

on Tages with greateſt ty have, no doubt,

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of Wexford; have been 2 by the; ” ded maſſacre e a
bands by. the papiſis, bellies thoſe w eir partners — battle. =
The mains gf Scullabegue Barn, wh 4 en, women, =
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wag uick ſteps: march.
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nd ſeemed mightily ſtruck. Put frequently av

TIED moving an oythn

With moe ſerioy nlp 1

the occaſion.
Rn who k found it good to draw nigh to God,

To Was they paſs the co
: 7 Heavy penances: are impoſed: on. them at hear me,

poſe there den 2 twenty Pap
South of Ireland To

morning . ſer
| 87 ; afternoon Mr. Al
8 Hey. „of Briftoly preacl

ſe not him chat ſpeaketh,” &c. 3
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Academ 7 eg 2 _
Mr. Allen, of Stringſton,
Seriptures. Mr. Small, of Axminſter, ſtated th
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prayer and reading the
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Mr: Fofler, of Male

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ions, and received
ordination prayer;

es from 1 . iv. 16.

Mr. Morren, of

Mr. Wperigz of Lyme, gare
bf ©” beg:

the ſervice
le from Heb. .
Mr. Wm. Rocker,
* Cobbin, of So

Mr. Pittard, of Martlocks
ſhall run to and fro, and knowledge
of Biddeford,

concluded with prayer.

d, egen * ate.

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HUD 7. Joe 12, 1800, Rev. Jouvs Moors . | Paſtor of the par- 2
Genter Baptiſt m_ Lockerley, Hayts. Mr, Bain, of Downton, be- 1
gan the ſervice wi cading Few ny teig 85 and prayer; Mr. Hotfey,

of Portſea, delivered ths introduQtory addreſs, and received 7 confeſſion;
Mx. Edwards, of Wilton, prayed the ordination prayer, with laying on of |

hands; Mr, Saffery, of Saliſbury, gave the charge from Col. 1. 7, * A.

faithful Minjfter of Chriſt ; Mt, Steadman, of Plymouth! Dock; preached.

to the peopl from 1 Theſſ. v. 12,15 Baby Mrlike, of. f Romer, nc, g

ed with prayer. The hymns. were by Price, of Yeovil.
This chureh has been for many na very low and declining ſtate,
s of ap exfing reverſe ; their Meeting is crowd- .

butt reſent there are
ed with hearers on Lord's days, ſome of whom appear truly goncerned to v6.
faved ; and additions to their ſmall number, as a church

peed.
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. ſter, by the * Smith and | Raby. For the
of Village Preaching. park that ge congregation,
ha; . ere ed, has bei Lollected princip

5 labs of 1 worthy members of the church in Cam
W who have, i in other Places likewiſe, been gt uſeful.
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Monday, Joly 21, was held a meeting
vh he ſlowing

for the purpoſe of diſtributing the profitgg,,

roperl recommended, ordingh 8 dec: „

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_ "When Jeſws'worthy awe,
Our ſouls in extacyoumi

All his fniſh'd work admiring, _ 7
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Bee civ. 13, 14, 75. Deut 'xxxil, Bhs
ST yellow crops of 25575 grain,

Fo. God, I raife the humble vary

Theſe ſpicy ales how ſoft 3 blo

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ei tinrs, and 1 divine .
Earth Me benedth Ker pond'rotts ba,
| The bagey af a grabrous God..

What unbelief my 7 Be aft Men's MW
I bead the tender blade!
obbigg boſem beav'd OY
aught they'd taint the golden ear,
But arc y kept the precious grain,
| b toll in vain;
e the breathe gently tr,
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THE Rev. Jen Rvtant, A.M. ho! was for many .
4 years paſtor of the'Baptiſt Church ar Nottharjton, wat

fo well known, and ſo highly eſteemed, By* his numerous ac-
- quaintance, both: in the metropolis, which he frequently vi-
ited, and in moſt parts of "the kingdom, "that our readers, we
doubt not, will-be gratified by a brief meteir of hislife,

| He was deſcended from a feſpectable family of yeomeri, who:

were eminent for piety, His grandfather Was John Ryland,
of Hinton on the Green it Ohne ite within
two miles of Eveſham, and a member af tie Baptiſt Chureti
at Alceſter,” in Warwiek hire. Ta Nis od age, it is remem<

bered that he was very fond of reading Tillingharit's Sermons.

He had eight children, Vi, John, Joſeph,” omas, Samuel,
Job, William, Elizabeth; ahd'Saraby all acGotnted perſons of
a religious character? After marriage one” daughter's name
was Walter, and'the.other's Baſkervilie3 her huſband's fon; by
a former wife, was father to the Rey. I
of the Baptiſt church at Hartford. 7 EE
John Ryland, the eldeſt of the above eiglit children, had
not the pleaſure of ſeeing his two ſons Walk in the truth; but
his daughter Sarah, who married Mr. Thomas Pearce, of Hin-
ton, had two ſons and a daughter, who grew up, and have very
large families. Theſe ſons are till living, and are principal

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- Joſeph Ryland, who lived at Lower Ditchford, in the partſh of ;
Stratton; vas father of our Mr. Ryland, whoſe mother's maideti

name was Freeloye Collett. She was a moſt excellent and teli-
we woman, of the family of the Colletts of Slaughter, neat

urton on the Water. He was born Oct. 12, 1723. When 4

youth: he was proverbially gay, and ſpent his early days in 5
folly and ſin; but in hd: ſpring of the year 1741, the Lord

was pleaſed to meet with him in metey, at a dime of general
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! in the Baptiſt c regation-at Bourton, AP under EW.
"the paſtoral care of the Res. Lans Beddome, M. A. when
about forty perſons were brought under ſerious impreſſions at
- the eme une. Mr. Beddome baptized bien, Oct. a, 1347,

A him into the church, aha, Obſerving a uοn en

ſprig htlineſs- in his genius and animated piety,” gradually led

im forward to the work of che miniſtry, the foſtering

| hand of a wiſe and kind parent; laying — without his

| Knowledge, for his going through a courſe of academical ſtudies _ -
in the Baptiſt ſeminary at Briſtol, then under the preſidency of
the reverend and learned Bernard Foſkett) When theinten-
ion Was fully made known to Mr. Ryland, he felt an unuſual

|. | "egredof comeernanddifttels'; as i privatediery of that #nd of |

_Wybſequent date, fufficiently evinces. On deri the pode „
wmp, having previouſly ee ee 5
be began to form plans for the regular cio a f .

mudlies. Theke arrangements were'exaQ, and might haue made
bim a ſlave to method, had not the ſprightlineſs of his genius |

enabled him to throw cf the trammels; which he was capable f E

doing 3 His fellow ſtudents were few.

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-of making chew. From the beginning of hig career to its
«cloſe, it might eminently have. been) ſaid of him, quiograd agih

velde agit; whatever he did, he did it with all his might.”

4 the motto he recommended to others was, Fllina dure, 5

-1, e. make haſte flowiy. And if it be praper to form 4
I ment from ki cxocarde of dee
truly ſaid, that he was a ſtudent, nt in , Ont

from in ſpirit ferving the Lard. Whi his Rudies,
he viſited the church at Bourton; .
of the miniſtry on M * 1746, after delivering a ſermas
which he entitled, The Chriſtian Preacher“ 's bonourable
Employment, and humble Acknowledgment.” An account of

MH this ſervice is entered in his diary in the following words:

= - - + 4% This day we had a church meeting at eleven,for preparation 25
| before the Lord's Supper; and for the folenn-caliing me, pee
wicked, werthleſs me, to the important work of the thingfiry - 1

tua, I preached from 1 Cor. ix. 16. 7 For og Lene
Cole T have-nothing: to glory. I bleſs God

of liberty, both in prayer and preaching—though ſeveral *
fects and blunders— Lord, pity me! I am leſs eee.

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1 what followed, on which it would be n

enlarge. His diary of 1744— 174%, Kc. contains man
ſeriaus and inſtructive things. We hall A Kere ue 0

becauſe-it ſurniſſies a teaſon for ſome of his ſubſequertt And 5

and /publicatioms. * In" the beginning of one year (1744) be
thus writes: No in the depths of darkneſs, uncertain abo
the exiſtence of a God, and the immortality of * 1 *
foul :” and in the choſe and review of another, thus: ©*

part. - perplexing doubts concerning the immeniity or

emniprefence-of Gad, have grieved me exceedingly.” This |

made him cry out and complain, “ O the infidelity and theft

of my heart 1* Bot in this diſtreſs, he was determined to 5 a
the means of information; and while he walked in daknefs, -

aud, as to his own apprehenſion, had no light, he came to thi
extraordinary reſolution, of which the following 1 is 4 copy. : 755

« June 25, Eveniag 10, 175 At. 20 years, bee
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in his ſtrength, or that, God permitting, me, I'll fad him det 7

and I'll — whether he loves or hates me; or 1 Udie and ow

all, ſoul and body, in the e and ſearch. | ©
Witneſs, Joux Collerr Rvcany®

' Theſe exerciſes of mind muſt have been diſtreſſing to a very
t degree, but they were the means of leading him to had
the atheiſtical and deiſtical controverſies ; and but for this Hf

rreſs, it is probable the public would never have Teen his Con- |
TEMPLATIONS an the eri ſicuce and per fedtions of God the i im-

mortality of the ſoal—and the inſpiration of the {criptares,”
When he firſt left the academy, or perhaps before he bas

fully left it, he was invited to preach at en in Worcet-
terſhire, and many members of the churgh were very defirous -

that he ſhould ſettle with them; but others being as warmly

Wiltſhire, the friends of both candidates agreed to give up their
favourite choice, and endeavour to unite in a third

them.

fopply the church at Warwick, then vacant, an
ing there occaſionally ſeveral times, they gave him au unant
' Mous invitation, on Sept. 21, 1746,00 ſtay wich them for
Ns Waun but * Was not ordained over thein bill

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attached to Mr. Ha yaes, who afterwards {ertied at Bradfotd, in

which occaſioned the ſettlement of the late Dr. Ach an

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He was married, defore his ordination, on Dec. 2 3.1748, 8 5

d Miſs Elizabeth. Frith, a native of Warwick, an humble ang

| -. lively Chriſtian, and a moſt tender and affectionate yokeſelfow, _
whole attention to the intereſt and comfort of her huſband has
ſjeldom been equalled among the beſt of Wives! Mr. Ryland
Vas for ſome time aſter his marriage in a very weakly: ſtate of
|. body, and it was hardly expeéted he could long eſcape.a'de-
© dline. At the ſame time his ſpirits were frequently ſo de-
preſſed, that he bas thrown: himſelf” on the bed, and told Mrs.
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5 perſuaſion ſhe encouraged him to make the attempt, and he
not only was enabled to go through his work, but generally _
pound himſelf. rather better after it was over. Sometime after
his marriage he was ſeized with the ſmall-pox, and his life was
zin moſt imminent danger for many days. During this time
prayer was made for him without ceaſing by the church; and
in general, even thoſe who before his illneſs had diſcovered the

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VV It is entitled The Solemn Charge of a Cbriſtian Miniſter conſſdered.
note of Mr. Brine's, in the zad. page, deſerves peculiar atłẽntion. The
A doctrines of the true grace of God haye no licentious tendeney, Some
« perſons? abuſing theſe important principles is no objection to the truths.
<©themfelves, nor is it a juſtifiable reaſon for a miniſter's ſilence about
«© them; or a flight and ſuperficial manner of treating them: they are what
< he ovght to affirm-conftantly, - And in order to prevent an abuſe of thoſe

& * dodrines, it is a duty n on him to ſhew that they des

| ' not leſſen, much leſs diſſolve, our obligation to obedience; and conſe-
de quently one neceſſary branch of his work is, to treat on practicals, ang
4 to ſhew that the Goſpel has no greater adverſaries than thoſe are, who, -
F under a pretence of value for its momentous doQrines, and of pleaſure -
in hearing them preached, cannot bear with -exhortations, to practical
4 duty. Iheſe are ſome of the work enemies of the croſs of Chriſt, and _
8 . joſtly deſerve the moſt ſevere reproof, let them be who or what they may.
e Doctfrines are not to be neglected or curtailed under the ſpecious pretence
4 of promoting practical religion: nor muſt. we decline to treat of duties,
„ * and our obligation to obedienee, under a like pretence of eſteem for the.
de doctripes gt the grace of God. Though the Goſpel delivers us from-the +
A covenant of. works, it leaves us under the law as a rule, And though -
4 obedience is not required to the ſame ends, yet ſtil: it is required, and it

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_ Prayer, every one who was aſked was keady to engage, md
ſeemed to enjoy peculiar liberty, ineluding ſome, Who bythe
ſmyneſs of their diſpoſitionꝭ or, as was ſeared through à declenn
. fion in religion, haf not been known to engage in public fen
ears before. Even. the people of- the town, as they paſſed by _
the corner of his houſe, would exclaim, God fend that muy
may live} if there is a good man in the town he is one. At
this general concern for his recoyery, one poor profane ereatura
was ſo:;provoked, that, afier paſſing the door; and hearing the
e jjaculations of others for his ſafetv, he withed, on-the-comrary, - =
| that he might die and be damned. He uttered this imprecas
tion as he paſſed through the church- yard, which was near the
parſonage houſe, Where Mr. Ryland then liued. But he c-
vered, and was the inſtrument of that mau's converſion; who | _
vas perhaps the only perſon in the town: who had withed for .
his death. For, ſome tune afterward, this man courted err PE
woman who attended at the Baptiſt meeting, and expreſſed hs 5
determination to obtain her in martiage, though he vowed he
would cut off her legs, but he would prevent her going to meet:
ing. He uſed, therefore, to wait fot her on the back his,

near tlie meeting houſe, and then go home with her. But
one evening, aſter ſtanding about the door pretty early, he felt
himſelf jaclined to go in, and look at the place, when, others
following, him into the gallery, before: he was aware, he found
it difficult to make his retreat; he was obliged therefore, -con-
trary to his intention, to ſtay and hear the ſermon; He heard it,
2 pierced to tile heart, and was after ward added to the
chacltk eg bo be i ar td pp leaned:

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After Mr; Ryland's recovery from.the.ſnjall-pok, his conſtitu-
tion ſeemed -wondertully. renewed, and he had ſcarcely | Fg ge
violent attack of illneſs through the remaining part of his life; © |
but enjoyed an unuſual degree of health, and a ſurpriſing flow 8

of ſpirits; For many years he preached three times on the 1
Lord's day, or elſe catechiſed in the evening, and repeated ge |
. ſubſtance of the diſcourfes delivered in the Jay; - He was abe
to go through his 1.hours on the ſabbath, and the other days ff
the week in the ſchool, with very little fatigue. e.
Though the exerciſe of his miniſtry at Warwick was not in
van in the Lord, yet fit was attended with much greater ſue-
cel. at Northampton, whither he removed in October 1759.
The church at this town was in a very low condition, at the / |
me when he firſt came among them; partly through the im- 3
prudence of their laſt miniſter, who afterwards turned Sande-.
manian, and felt into ſad immoralit ies before his death. This
church had been! gathered near the clole of the laſt cen-
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mm 1714 bot the auditory increafing greatly after Mr. Ryland
| NG. dame, it was twice:enlarged: firſt in the ſummer. of+176 0,2 nd 5
de ſecend time in 1774. Ftom the period of his coming to

mee bers were added; one hundred and forty-five males, an
- . one hundred and ſeventy eight femiles. There were but about
' _ thirty. communicants'when he came, who all died before him
Ake college at Providence, in Rhade Ind, erested him
M. in the year 1769; but we well know that he was
= ' never half ſo fond of receiving, literary honours for himſelf, as
ea of procuring them forgthers. s.
As a companion he kept the ſocial circle ww! - Hiſtory,
| Geography, Anecdote, Scripture, Criticifms, Jayipgs of great
=_ _ men, wich the Biography and writings of the 'moft eminent |
= —- diviney, ts Re ihe ſources from which he communicated
_ _plcafure and improvement, in art erxtteſs variety; to his friends
==and theſe were not eaſily numbered.” 1 1

us well known that
| _ *,, readers themſelves, were they to fee his diary, his adverſaria,
he went through; perhaps it may be affirmed xith truth, that
mere are but few books, either in the liberal arts or in theo-
_ | Jogy, deſerving of regard, with which he had not acquainited
_ himſelf, His chief acquiſitions of this ſort were made through
early riſing. For a great many years he r6fe- very early, winter
und ſummer, and employed the chief part of the morning from
_ -Fout till even in reading; but he began the day with reading of
ite ſcriptures. This practice he recommended in private and
public to his fellow' Thriſtians, ang! to his brethren in the mi-
=. — niſtiy. At the experience - meeting of the miniſlers, when the
a ſociation met at Kettering in the year 1781, the chief thing
be related was the advantage he had found in beginning with
ehe ſcxiptures the very firſt thing in the morning. He uſed to
ſay, chat if he omitted it at any time he found a fenſible differ-
ence in the frame of his mind alt that day. Thus by dal ;
| reading be became mighty.m the ſcriptures. ©
Ass a chriſtian he was very devotional; ſhort, but often in
private prayer: he generally engaged three or four, and ſte-
quently five or fix, times a dax.
His public prayers too oſten partook: rather of the nature of |
_ -- preaching than prayer, and ſeemed to be, little ſermons _
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0 «xp a miner of the Goſpel the docttines of grace i near his 8 5
Wh heart. In the Falte Was lively and: zeaſous; generally ani-
mated, ſometimes col ſefted, and often ſublime beyond deſcrip:
on. His] y le Was as much his own as. his features, and hat
| it was 8 any timedefeQive of gracefulgeb, i it generally rolled
* in ran cur. + AE mY
| 1 love to the. fevera] denominations of” good men. was 21>
\ dent! If there ever. was one whd cordially al d, 0 be with |
all them. who Love aur Lord 7 us Chrift 1 in dee ; way the |
man. | ki
. Few ehriftians*, or miniſters: have endured ſharper conflicts 74
5 than hjmſelf.” In the 42d, volume of his MSS. part of grbich
s written on the force and fraud of the devil, "he
K many horrid temptations with which he was aſſaulted; pcs
is pleaſing to read his concluding accounts of almoſt « ge
of them Conquered by pray . WO tj
Chriſt I was victorious“ + Attacks with viglence, rag; -
my Saviour gave me victory ver them all“ S by 1
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our Lord was tempred in a
£ prayed to Chriſt in his extremity, and conquered. |
The natural warmth of his temper ſometimes hurried him |
into indiſcretions, which were the truitful ſources of after ſor-
row to him; and far be it from us to attempt to Juſlity what |
he humſelf e heartily crimipated ; yet we preſume to fag, |

fects through nature's beſt produetions ma, F
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been remarked by one of the purjtan- writers, “ that a forall”
ſpeck in ſcarlet js more viſible than à great ſtain in ruſſet. ?
In the year 1780 he removed from Northampton. This HY
cireymſtance was occaſioned by temporary embarraſſment JE
to himſel and to his trends, 16
who, however, chearfully undertook to exti icate him. He re-
moved to. Enfield, where he only preached occaſionally, but
had a large and flouriſhing ccheol,
have been raiſed higher than ever in reputation, had not tibe
infirmities of old age fo: rapidly advanced upon him. He
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kf ember, 1791, when a general! N. "of: frame took | |
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tze manner ow; were very- indifferent to bit” 0 for
more thana year before his death, if any one meth im =
4 *- aſked him low he did, his moſt, common anſwer was, 11 am
= going to 8 While the Lord was taking do the. ta-
_ git rnacle of nature, be Was building up wagons race, Jn
= bis lat laſt converſatſon with one of bis friends, he ſaid, + .
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5 Hulnels; he 1 laid me open in my own guilt; ang bath
. - Reped me to put be FR neck under his whole - yoke. 1 1 E
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tſubmiſſfion to, the, div vide will. To one of his dear friends 5
he ſaid, on his al L 's day, © We have been in heaven to- 0
bs 457 already twelve years, I meat in the church.“ Partipg =
| with ſeveral yy he faid, « Fatewel, farewel, farewel, till be
meet in eternity.“ On the morning « of his diffolution, he faid _
to his friend N Mrs. Dupont, and others, may God purify our
pa tures—ſet o our hearts right with bim—and wrap us up in the
beer of God“ . „ Lam ready te depart and ta be with
b - Chriſt, which is fat better. Tg the Rev. Mr. Newman,
8 then one of his aſliſtants “, he. aid much about the neceſſity 28
nnd comfort of beart-union to Chriſt: and when he aſked the
+ dying ſaint the frame of his mind, he cried out, ha appy! happy 4 |
_ happy! O what caſref body O what eaſe of foul !"tenderly
WW. committing him to the love of Chriſt; and but a ſe moments
before he expired, he e xhorted another of his aſſiſtants to pray,
=_ affeRionately: iving him; a bleffing, and then fell ſweetly afleep
in Jeſus, on n Faul, evening, 61x o'clock, July 24, 1992, in
tte Goth year of — indeed exprethng pimlell in the
words which he intended for his dying moment, but evidently
| Experiencing the truth of them“ Chri A is © moo God, .
” ightecuſneſs and flrength.” |
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ſoon enough for the tyening ſervicen the ooffin was laid on.
tlie te ale in the table pe; ſervice was conducted in the uſual
method: and at the cloſe of the diſcourſe; which: was. preached - ..
by Dr. Rippon, from a. Tim- iv; 6 the body was depoſited in
the filent tomb=-and-then Dr. Rippen remaining inthe pulpit,
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ſew a8 — and our chriſtian virtues half as many. Amen.

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which was exceedingly reduced in this place,

- that mis Houſe was twice enlarged, |
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of bis delivering the Trutlis of tlie everlaſting Goſpel. -
need no Encomium; i as they ſtand amply ON
in the Hearts of his beloved Flock. 1
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Sas belton againſt the ſacred Majeſty of Heaven; it dares to inſult

# . . andehallenge almighty- . vengeance. It is the accurſed. parent.
of alF our miſeriet in this lift, and;;expoſes us to an eternity of
miſery in the hie to co. Wr are all infected with . 7
ſttrutctive evil, and wol eternal wol will he unto us if we gie
under its unpardoned guilt, or unſubdued power. When we
reflect on the unſpottet p Sony. and inflexible juſtice of God,
t given:

* boy: the Bible: reveals; adding between God and man; 2

it appeais impoſſible that like outs ſhouſd be

Mediator of infinite dignity 3 Mediator 9 to his ofs
ice by dix ine appointment ;'a Mediator who lread
dent for fin by the-ſacrifiee..of himſelf,” yu has ends

| : opel away whereby God can be juſt, and the juftifier of the -
1 22 "Without: ſhedding of blood there is no Can age }
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{ark the blood of ;Jeſus Chriſt cleanfes from all fin.
- the mediation, and ſacrifice of Chriſty.the charming dof -<&
\. forgiveneſs is preached fram heaven.'unto men. Let
treat the 5 to meditate with me firing procla
of this kiud recorded in the Prophecy 85 lla

n ſake, and will nu remember thy Jing:

| ere, we obſerye, God reveals Hi elf to Gnaers in the oft
3 charafter ' of © a' pardpning God. Our ſins are fre-

| Nite y repreſented in ſcripture under the idea of a debt,—

aſtice demands ſatisfaction; but God reveals: hi pardoning

mercy i wenne n crofling-over this deht as:aq,account

N r N WI at a mercy it is that God ſuſtains
| this charadter! And what an unſpeakable mercy that he ba
made this diſcovery oſ his character It is mattet᷑ of pure reve-

lation. We could nat: poſſibly have known that there it .-

giveneGiwith God, if he had not revealed. the cheering truth.
God has proclaimed his pardoning mercy to ſinners, not to
encourage them in fin? redoubled damnation will ſeize theit
ſouls who thus preſumptuouſly abuſe ſuch a gracious diſcovery:
He makes this revelation. of himſelf, to melt our hart

hearts; to inſpire our admiration and love; and to incline m
to return to him in grateful obedience. Thele effects it po

- duces in all who have juſt apprehenſions of it. For theſe pvr-
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„ rations; and by ſeveral inſtances of his forgiving mere:
But, obſerve with what peculiar emphaſis he ſpeaks, in the
revelation of his character as a pardon ing God. I, even Il.
am he that blotteth out thy tranſgreſfions. Hereby he not
only aſſerts that it is his fole [prerogative to pardon fin, but hge
ſeems to ſpeak with a kind of conſcious dignity and ſelf-ſatis-
faction, as if he gloried in the character of a pardoning God * .
and he elſewhere aſſures us that he does ſo. 1-will pardon; -
all their iniquities whereby they have finned againſt me, Taith' . -
the Lord, and it ſhall be to me a name of joy, a praiſe and an
bonor before all the nations of the earth, which. ſhall hear all

the good that I do unto them. Jer. xxiii. 8, 9.——ls nat the

mode of expreſſion which God here adopts intended to excite

our admiration at the mercy revealed? When: we conſider the
nature and deſert of fin, we might wonder that any ſhould en-

boly God, who is ſo awfully inſulted” therehy ;; that he, even
be, ſhould forgive it, is matter of admiration indeed. Whilſt
we hear him revealing this mercy in ſuch emphatie terms, ang
we forbear exclaiming, O who is a God like unto thee, that

pardoneth iniquity; and paſſeth by the tranſgreſſions of the: 2

_ remyant of his heritage | + The fedoubled carneſtnefs with *
_ which God e xpreſſes himſelf on this ſubject, ſerves to ſttengthen
dur faith. When God ſpeaks, he deſerves to be credited,
though he but once declare the fact. But he knows how ſlo r

ve are to believe. He knows that a ſenſe of the greatneſs of
dur guilt too often cauſes us to 2 at the promiſe. of par-
doning mercy ; he therefore ſpeaks with this extraordinary
force, to eonſound our unbelief, and to put an end to all ſtrife
in our conleiences, © ke 7 2 8 Þ 71 7 3
Attend to the character of the perſons here addreſſed, and
you learn, that God extends his pardoning mercy to the vileſt
and moſt unworthy objects. Their conduct is deſcribed in the
verſes immediately preceding. God himſelf produces the

dxeadful charge againſt them, ſaying, -** Thou haſt not called
upon me, O Jacbb ; but thou kaſt been weary of me, O Iſrael.
Thou haſt not brought me the ſmall cattle of thy burnt offer-
ings, neither haſt thou honored me with thy ſacrifices. But
thou haſt made me to ſerve with thy ſins; thou haſt wearied
me with thine iniquities.“ And is there mercy in reſerve for
ſuch a wretch? Yes, ſays God, I, even I am he that blotteth
out thy tranſgreſſions, even thine.” God proclaims forgive-
neis to the moſt abandoned characters, and makes them monu-
wents of his mercy, to ſlie y more clearly that it is * |

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= in Chriſt Jelos. who walk not after the geln, bi t after the
spirit. Rom in. . God partions/ according to't evicher of |

bis grace, the merit of Chriſt, and the deelarations of his word.

them is likewiſe unlimited. It is in this reſpect that the pardon
Wo? the ſanRification of ee on earth differ. They: are

n _ fandtificd only in part, but they ate «freely forgiven all tref-
pee.“ Nothing ſhort of perſect See e appeaſe be
=_ _ = wounded conſcience; nothing leſs could ſecure us from the
_— curſe; for were a ſingle fin left N the law. would |

_ evridemn: .

This divine teſtimony ecthoriies us Hkewiſe to Weitere that Tr
| when'God'once pardons a' ſoul, he never repents of, nor revokes
. the gracious act. , even i, am he that blotreth out thy

tranſgrefhons, and will not remember thy fins.” He cannot
but remember the commiſſion of them; and fo ſhould we, win
the deepeſt contrition ; but he does not remember them as a

debt which' believers are . perſonally bound to diſcharge, but a3

an account fully ſettled by the Gicrihes of Chriſt in their ſtead. 4

Our Lord declares, not merely that there is now no condemna-
tion to the believer, but that he all not come into condemna-
tion. John v. 24. Pardoned finners may loſe the ſenſe of
pardon, but God never revokes the bleſfing, It is founded on
its own immutable purpoſe, and on eee merit of
dhe Redeemer” s ſactiſice.

The motives by which God * idecel thus nen g- |

* : gen, are derived from himſelf. Here he declares,” J, even
am he that blotteth out thy tranſgreſſions, | for mint oꝛun fake.”

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Ae pardommg mercy of God, when „
—_ individubl, :exrends to al his mmiquiries of: every deſcription.” |
Tue dine declaration before us expreſſes this reviving truth.

Hie blots out both „ rranſgrefſions 2nd fins.“ both greater and
Ie enormities. This accords wir other divine teſtimonies.
be iniquity of Hrael mal be ſought for, and there Hall be
Mall not be found.“

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t, by which he can give the moſt harmonious and tranſ-

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For this. realon he promiſes and beſtows

ment of this purpoſe
the bleſſing of forgiveneſs. When we are pleading with God

for forgiveneſs, we ſhould nei e
| giveneſs, we ſhould neither take nor ſeek encourage-

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3 K Iny names ſake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity,”

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intereſt therein, - "Hence: we may: inf
eſt therein. Hence we may. infer, that God: gives his

people, at ſeaſons, a ſerifible aſſurance that their ſins are for-

ge, DU eee Saviour, when here below, addreſs
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glory. What will not that ſoul do or ſuffer for God, wha

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vine, truth, perhaps none is better adapted to effect this
great and good work more, than the diſperſion of Religious
Frafis.,. Perſons, who ate in the habit of taking . a tour for

| health, or a journey for buſineſs, have a favourable opportunity
- f diſperſing ſuch. tracts in the different places through which |

y paſs, and to perſons they occaſionally-ſee upon the road.
7 good. which may be done by. this means is incalculable..

A few individuals in a village poſſeſſed of theſe means of infor-

ration, may be the inſtruments of much good, by reading, or
- lending ſuch tracts to. their neighbours. It may exeite a thirſt
after religious knowledge, and ultimately be th

troducing the Goſpel into ſuch a place.

I Qhave adopted this practice for many years,” and; 1 truſt,

have ſeen happy effects produced by it. In a late ſhort tour,
Jas pleaſed with the manner in which ſome ſmall publica-

tions I took with me eee by perſons in many vil-

ages. In ſome of them, I ſtopped and introduced the delivery
With. a ſhort addreſs, which I found often had a good effect. I
no and then ſaw a tear ſtart in the eye, and gratitude beam
in the countenance, In moſt cafes, I exhorted the perſon to-
_whom I preſented: a tract, to read it. with attention, and pray

to God for a bleſſing. Vivian's DIR appear to me admt-

rably calculated for ſuch a purpoſe, Once in my way to Staf--
ſordſhire, I paſſed a poor man employed. in mending the road.
I ſtopt my horſe, and addreſſed him affectionately reſpecting

the great concerns of his ſoul and eternity. I gave him a ſmall

tract, begged him to read it, and pray over it, which he pro-
miſed to do. In a few. days I returned that way, and provi-
dentially met with the ſame poor man. I enquired whether he
| had read the little book I gave him. He began to weep, and
humbly replied, I have, Sir, and I thank you for it. I have

learned what I did not know dofare; and I * I ſhall never

forget WI:
The following dane went by a friend from an unknown-

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which you have diſtributed, has fallen into the hands of a poor
ignorant man, and alſo informed my judgment very much, and © - _
I hope, with the blefling' of Almighty God, it will be the
means of doing me ſo much Food, that through the countleſs
ages of eternity, I thall have occaſion to bleſs the name of the
Lord ſeſus. I do, my dear Sir, with you well with all my
heart and foul, and L hope chat the Lord Jeſus Chriſt will ever
keep your foul??? Ke.... e
An anecdote was related to me, a ſhort time ſince, by afriend
to whom I gave ſome religious tracts to deliver to his 'neighs
© Amongſt other perſons o whom I gave your tracts, 1
gave one to a young woman in the village, Who was carelefss
about the beſt things. She read it, and it was uſefal to her.
A few days afterwards ſhe came to me in concern, ſaying, ſhe
had laid the book in her window, and the caſement being open,
| the ſuppoſed it had been blown by the wind into the road, and
* wiſhed to have another, which I gave her. A ſhort time aſter
this, it appeared that her conjecture was true; the wind had
blovyn the tract into the road, which was picked up by a young
woman who was paſſing by at the time; and the had reaſon
to hope the book had been very uſeful to her, by bringing her
to attend regularly upon the means of grace; as well as produc=

ing a great change in her conduct.” How ſuitable is the ad-,
vice of the Apoſtle, . To do good, and to communicate forget
not; for with ſuch ſacrifices G54 well pleaſed.“ And how .
well does this practice accord with the bright example of the

beneyolent Jeſus, who went about doing good. J. .
JJV

IE AR not,” ſaid the Angel to the devout women who
ä had come to the ſepulchre, for I know that ye ſeek
Jetus who was crucified.” - To ſeek a crucified Saviour has
been the delightful employment of chriſtians in every age. B

| this exerciſe their hearts have been refreſhed and Pen er

fo that they have held on their way rejoicing. „

They who ſeek Jeſus who was crucified, are firmly per-
ſuaded that without an intereſt in him, they cannot be ſaved.

So long as a man reckons on all his happineſs in this life, it

will be his chief, his whole buſinefs, to mind the concerns f

his periſhing body. He can have no fincere deſire for a ſpi-

ritual ſalyation, of which he has never ſeen the worth and im-

| 3 La I portances

41 , | THOUGHTS;oN SEEKING Je5vs. | |
3 poftance. The human mind is fo conſtituted, that it .

after any object with an ardour proportioned to the advantages

which we expect to gain by. poſſeſſing it. Whilſt the'finner

doth not conſider the divine favour as neceflary' to true hippie -

HE neſs, or vainly endeavours to obtain it by his own goodneſs and

piety, inſtead of ſeeking Jeſus who was crucified; he conſiders

hum as © a root ſprung out of a dry ground, having no form

nor comelineſs, for which he ſhould be defired.”” But when,

tame law im its ſpirituality enters the conſeience; when the man's

eyes are opened to behold his complicated guilt and miſery ; 3
when, like Peter, he feels himſelf faſt ſinking in the deep wa-

ters, and that all efforts of his own for deliverance are vil

vail.
ing, then he applies to Chriſt for help, ſaying, „% Save, Lord,

or Þ periſh,” Saul of Tarſus, previous to his converſion,” ſo

far from ſeeking an intereſt by faith in this crucified Saviour,
ſtrenuouſly laboured to extirpate the profeſſion of his name from
the earth ; but no ſooner was he perſuaded that there is no
ſalvation in any other, than he inſtantly built up that which |

he had fought to deſtroy : he not only preached to others
Chriſt crucified, as the only ground of ſalvation to the periſh- _

ing ſoul, but declares concerning him with relation to himſelf,

. yea, aoubtleſs, 1 count all things but loſs for the excellency

of the knowledge of Chriſt Jeſus ny Lord; that I may win

- Chriſt, and be found in him, not having mine own righteouſ-

nels, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith.

of Chriſt, the righteouſpeſs which is of God by faith.“

Chriſtian, art thou ſeeking Jeſus, who was crucified? then
chou haſt ſeen thy ruined condition by nature, thou haſt been
er uaded that there is no other name given under heaven among

en, whereby we can be ſaved; and thou wilt be making it thy

chief and daily concern, to obtain an intereſt in him, as the one

thing needful for thy happineſs both in time and in eternity.
They who ſeek Jeſus who was crucified diſcern him to be 2
Saviour in every reſpect ſuited to their periſhing condition,
man ſtruggling with ſome heavy calamity will derive ſmall
conſolation from help being offered to him, it this do not ap-
pear adequate to his particular emergency; but if one interpoſes

fully able to afford the defired relief, his offer will be joyfully

embraced. The guilty ſoul, trembling under apprehenſjons of
God's wrath and curſe, will not apply to Chriſt for deliver-
ance, until he be fully ſatisfied that he is able and willing to

afford him that relief which his miſerable cafe requires. It is
neceſſary therefore that the Holy Ghoſt exhibit to us in the
glaſs of the Golpel, the excellence and ſuitableneſs of Chriſt

_ erucified for removing our guilt and miſery, before we be-

taks ourſelves to him as our only hope and *

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AW hen we conſider the infinite worth of his ſacrifice, which

ception, ſay ing, whoſoever will, let him take of the waters
of life freely, it will not appear wonderful that his people

5 all their ſalvation and all their deſire.” What is there that

Jeſus who was crucified ? Amn I, a- guilty creature, expoſed to

divine wrath ? then he bare my fins in his own body on the

tree. Am I enſlaved by the luſts and corruptions of my heart?
My old man 1s'crucified-with him, that the body of fin might
be deſtroyed, that henceforth I ſhoud not ſerve fin. Am I

' miſerable; and ready to periſh ? ther} he who gave himſelf to be

crucified for me, will aſſuredly be my comfort in life, my hope

in death, and my portion for ever.” Whom have I in heaven,

O Jeſus, but thee? and there is none in all the earth whom I
Aer e d no ng ng
They who ſeek Jeſus who was crucified, will diligently ob-

| ſerve thoſe divine inſtitutions by which Chriſt hath promiſed
to manifeſt himfelf to the ſoul. Where he hath been _—

: by others, there we ſhould ſeek him. Have ſome of his diſ-

ciples found him in the cloſet? Let us feek him by earneſt and

frequent prayer. Have ſome found him in the public afſem-
blies of his people? Let us go up to the gates of Zion that we

may ſee his power and glory in the ſanEtuary. Have others

found him at his own table, where be hath been made known
to them in the breaking of bread? Let us negle& no opportu-

be evidently ſet forth before our eyes as erucified among us.
The devout Pſalmiſt ſet a high value on divine inſtitutions.
„My foul,” faith he, longeth, yea even fainteth for the
courts of the Lord:“ but his defires do not terminate in the

my fleſh crieth out for the living God.“ W

All that the hypocrite or nominal chriſtian regards, is the
outward ordinance. If he hear the word preached in an aceep-
table manner; if he fit as frequently at the Lord's table as
others in the ſame church fellowſhip, his foul faith, It is enough,
and Chriſt's abſence is neither felt nor lamented, But the
| lincere chriſtian will bear me witneſs, that it is his chief happi-

neſs in waiting on the Lord when he enjoys fellowſhip with.
him; and his chief affliction when he cannot find him whom

his

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' hath-made a complete atonement for fin; when we behold his
infinite power, which is able to ſave to the -uttermoſt, and his
infinite mercy which welcomes all, without making any ex-

ſhould give him the chief place in their hearts, and count him

I want; faith the believing ſoul, which is not to be found in

nity of commemorating his death; that while we partake of the
{ymbols of his broken body and ſhed blood, Jeſus Chrift may

external acts of divine worſhip, for he adds, my heart and

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dee goſpel, this man will not be ſatisfied, if he caimot hear
'* Chriſt's voice in it; and though, the moſt eminent apoſtle
mould diſpenſe the ſacred elements -of bread and wine, theſe-
will have no relith to his taſte. if his ſoul doth not feed by faith
on the crucified. Redeemer's fleth as meat indeed, and on his
blood as drink ihdeed. Happy the ſoul who is thus employed
In; ſeeking Jeſus who was crucified. | The natural man's eye

is not ſatisfied with ſeeing, nor his ear with hearing ; whatever
"Hakka enjoyments, ſtill his craving heart continually crieth

Give, give. But they who ſeek the Lord ſhall. not want
any good ching. He will give them grace and glory; he will
grant their requeſts; he will ſatisſy every detire of their hearts;
he will beſtow bleſſings upon them n rn n- above

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Mr. Fönen es

the ſame time lament that ſo great and inet molle a bleſſing
ſhould not be more univerſally diffuſed. It cannot but be

matter of deep concern to all who have the intereſt of Zion at

heart, that fo few, comparatively ſpeaking, are brought to hear,

even with the outward ear, the diſtinct found of the Goſpel

trumpet. Hence that groſs ignorance-of even the firſt prin-
cCiples of chriſtianity which ſo univerſally prevails; and, in con-
nection with ignorance, that diſſoluteneſs of manners, that
contempt for every thing ſacred, which marks the conduct of

| ithe unthioking multitude. And hence motives have been de- |

rived by all thoſe into whole minds the Lord has been pleaſed
to ſhine by his new. creating power, to give them the light of

the knowledge of the glory God as it ſhines in the perſon of

Jeſus Chriſt, for e 3 moſt probable means of counter-

- acting this alarming ſtate of things. With this view, in de-
pendence on the grace of God, village preaching has been

adopted, villa 105 ſermons have been written, and evangelical
tracts diſperſed, the utility of which has been abundantly

- evinced by the moſt unanſwerable arguments. Perhaps no-
thing remains to be ſaid on the propriety of adapting every
mean in our power for the ſpread of evangelical truth. It

not, however, be unacceptable to the reader, to ſee ne |

Wy of ſuch attempts * in two Gialagues which _—
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bleſſed Goſpel of our Lord and Savicnr Jeſus Chrift,
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rally took place between the writer and two perſons he met — *
with during a ſhort walk into the county. þ
Strolfſing round a country chureh-yard, and lamenting the.
ignorance of thoſe who had inſeribed the tombs of their de-
parted friends in language better ſuited to finleſs than ſinful
creatures, as being innòcent, without guile, &c. a young per-
fon about 13 or 14 years of age paffing by, 1 took occaſion to
ire the name of their miniſter: to which an anſwer being
given, J added, do you ever go to church? A, No. Q. DGS
- your father and mother attend the church? A. No. Q Can
they read? A. Ves, father can; Q. Does he read the Bible?
A. No. Q. Did you ever hear any thing of Jeſus Chriſt? -
A. No. Q. Do you know you have an immortal principle
within you, called the foul? A. No. Do you know you ſhalt
one day die? A. Les, I know that.. FEE STO
\ The ſecond dialogue took place Between - the writer and a -
very decrepidold man, who was labouring to aſcend a ſteep hill.
Q. Father, you ſeem very old, and very infirm, what age
are you? A. Yes! I find it hard work to get up the hill. !“!
am in my 75th year. Q. And how ftands the account be:
tween God and your ſoul ? do you know any thing of yourfelf
as a finner, and of Jeſus Chriſt as a Saviour? A. I keep my
church, and have been brought up to it, thank God, and
ſometimes attend the holy communion. Q. And do you thin
that ſuffieient to carry you to heaven? It is very poſſible to do
all this, and a great deal more, and at the ſame time to be walk.
ing in the path that leadeth to deſtruction. A. I do the beſt F
ean, I cannot do more, can 1? But, waſter, what's the clock ?
A. I fear you are totally ignorant of yourſelf, and of the whole
ſcheme of ſalvation by Jefus Chriſt. ' A. I am not afraid of
that—I ſhall do as well as others—what can I do more? But,
maſter, what's the clock? A. It is paſt feyen, Reply. O Chriſt!
is it ſo late? So faying, the profane old man hobbledion, appa-
rently rejoiced to make his eſcape ;. but not hefore I had put
into his hand Vivian's Dialogue between-a minifter and one of
his pariſhioners, which he promiſed me to read. In what a
melancholy, ſtate are we born? What heatheniſh ignorance
reigns around ns? Surely darknefs hath covered the earth, and
groſs darkneſs the people; The people are periſhing for lack
of knowledge. If the blind lead the blind, we know the awful
conſequence. What a loud call for village preaching, and for
the utmoſt exertions of all thofe whom the Lord has been
pleafed to bring to the knowledge of himſelf, May he be
graciouſly pleaſed to add to their number, and increaſe their
al and uſefulneſs! - Se ae ee

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IVI been conſidered in former numbers. We date now to

die his ſourth and final ſtate. There are belonging to it

many peculiarities, which are all;exceedingly important. The.
way of entrance is infinitely ſolemn.; tis by the gate of death.
Onee to die is appointed to all men. Death is the way out of,
this world, both to heaven and hell. The righteous would
not, and the wicked all not always live upon the earth. The

latter muſt be driven away in their wickedneſs. Death, at-
tended with all his horfors, will ſeize them in his. dreadful

Jaws, and make them his lawful prey. Such ſhall-not be the
ceaſe with the righteous. It is true, die they muſt, for fleſh and |
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. They muſt go the

way of all fleſh. The exrthly houſe of their tabernacle will be

they break up houſe and every earthly tie; they bid the world

_ - farewel, and launch into eternity. Nevertheleſs, in death they
have hope. Death is theirs. He is not to them the king bf.
terrors, but the meſſenger of peace. To die, is gain. Death
places their bodies where the wicked ceaſe from troubling, and

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the weary are at reſt. Then their ſouls return to God, their

centre, and their joy. If through life their path be rough, ſtill,
at length, their end is peace. Their Saviour is the king of

© glory. He holds the keys of hell and death. Well he knows

what it is to die. He paſſed through death to overcome its "as

terrors. He guides his followers through the gloomy vale,
and opens for them the everlaſting kingdom |

Another ſolemnity NN to Man's final ſtate, is the
ol t is appointed unto men once
to die; and after this the judgment. When the ſoul leaves

judgment that follows death.

the body, its ſtate for eternity is immediately determined.

The departing ſinner lifts up his eyes in hell. The dying N

© ſaint is carried by angels to Abraham's boſom. / That day, or

night, he dies; Jeſus receives him, to be with him in Paradiſe.

But the particular judgment, which takes place when the
ſpirit firſt returns to God, will be followed with a general judg-
ment at the end of time. To- this purpoſe we are aſſured that

the dead, both ſmall and great, ſhall ariſe. Do we fay, how can
_ © theſe things be? With God all things are poſſible. He hath

faid, and he will 'do it. Heaven and earth ſhall paſs away, but
his word ſhall not paſs away. When his omnipotent hand
ſhall have'colleted and united the ſcattered duſt of all the dead,
then ſhall be brought to paſs the ſayiug that is ah 96g

- - diffolyed. , They, too, find this a ſerious buſineſs. Hetein

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Death is ſwallowed up in victory.“ In that day, how folemn +

the meeting between ſouls and bodies long ſeparated by death!

What heart can now conceive the tranſporting extacies of joy
which ſhall fill the ſaints in that deciſive day] Their bodies, fa-

ſhioned like unto Chriſt's glorious body, and united to their
Re chen ug ſhall ſtand cofnpleat, and ſhine as the ſun.

Nha, ha lage, hte advcare, ani Fiedd, in the (ral.

of the aſſembled world, both of angels, men, and devils, will

vindicate their cauſe, acquit them with-honour, and pronounce, __
them all bleſſed for ever and ever. In that day the wicked fhall . _

wail, They ſhall not ſtand in the judgment, nor in the cons
gregation of the 1 Their juſt and awful Judge will

lay unto them, © Depart ye curſed” into everlaſting fire, pre-
pared for the.devil and his angels. gory

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. comparatively trivial, becauſe they are temporal. There is no

certainty of any thing ſublunary. Here riches take wing, and

honors fall. The healthy ſicken, and the ſick recover. The

"indigent become affluent, while the affluent become poor.
- While the honored are degraded, others, from obſcurity, are

elevated ro tlie higheſt pitch of dignity. And what will be-

come of all earthly diſt inctions by and by Gold and ſilver,

houſes and lands, places and penſions, pleaſures and amuſe-
ments, ſervants; carriages and horſes, with every name and
title of diſtinction, muſt all be laid aſide: then will. be the

eternal ſlate. Infinite is the importance which the thought of

eternity adds to all its concerns. It is not poſhble, by the ut-

moſt ſtretch of thought, fully to. conceive how the boundleſs
idea of eternity muſt affect the ſinner in hell, and the ſaint in
glory; how it overwhelms the former with black deſpair, and
Taviſhes the latter with extacies of joy. ©

The peculiar feliciry of the ſaints in glory, juſtly claims our

particular attention But who ſhall fully deſcribe what the

eye hath not ſeen? what the ear hath not heard? what hath

not entered into the heart of man fully to conceive? The eyes

of men have ſeep wonderful and pleaſing fights ; their ears

have heard ſweet and delightful ſounds ;-but their imaginations

have exceeded and far ſurpaſſed all the bounds of ſenſible ob-
jects ; and yet, after all, they have conceived nothing adequate
to the bliſs of heaven. All they have ſeen, heard, or thought,
compared with what God has laid up for them that love him,
will be found but as a drop to the-ocean, or a dying ſpark com-
pared with the ſplendour of the meridian ſvn. To ſet forth

the heavenly glories, nature is ranſacked for her heauties, but
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Pe choiceſt-things in which men delight in this world, fall in»

_ ©, finitely ſhort of expreſſing, the faints delights, in heaven, All
earthly things are defiſed, corruptible, and fade away; and as
ſuch, are not adequate to expreſs the undefiled and incorrup-
tible inheritance that ſadeth not away. The city whoſe Walls
are all manner of precious ſtones, the ſtreets. paved with gold,
and all the inhabitants wiſe, wealthy, healthy, and immortal,

Who are ctowned with glory and robed in white, in token of
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Ihe ſaint in gloty muſt be happy, for there he enjoys a per-

dect freedom from every evil, and a confluence of. all good.
| The day of, his mourning are en led. There remains no 0
ſhadow of cauſe for ſighs, tears, or ſorrows, Sin, all;in, root

and branch, is for ever done away. Temptations, /perſecu-

tions, afflictions, death, and the hidings of God's face, will be

no more for ever. Tears and doubts are all eternally gone.

The body will be glorious ; free from infirmity, deformity,
and every kind of diſeaſe: it will never more require either
meat, drink, medicine, or ſleep: it will be ſpiritual, incorrup-
tible, and immortal. The ſoul will be perfect in knowledge.
It will know all it deſired and wiſhed below. The books of

nature, of providence, and ſeripture, will all be quite plain. The
ſoul will for ever enjoy the glorious preſence of Jehovah; and
if -his-gracious preſence upon earth for a moment be ſo ſweet,

what muſt his glorious preſence be for ever in heaven? There,
they behold * the full. glories of the Lamb,” and are made like

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unto him. Their powers and capacities are enlarged to take |

in that felicity and 587 which could not enter inio them
here. If the degrees of felicity vary, there is no murmuring

amonp thoſe who have the Jeaſt, for all are veſſels of mercy,

and all are full of glory. Every ſpirit is perfect, and perſect in

every grace. All have run the race, and won the prize. All

have ſought the good fight, and conquered. the laſt enemy.

All triumph for evermore. They, have no more need to watch

and pray, or read and hear. The lamp of ordinances. inay be
put out, and laid aſide, becauſe the perfect day of glory is fully

come. Guides, and guards, and inns for refreſhmeut, are no

longer neceſſary, becauſe the pilgrim has got home. Now the

ranſomed of the Lord ſhall for ever enjoy the beſt ſociety: the

triune God—the innumerable company of angels the noble

army of martyrs—the goodly fellowſhip of the apoſtles and pro-

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Will they know one another? Adam had a perfect knowledge
of all the creatures before he ſinned; and ſurely he and his
ſons,” when reſtored to more than their SHE ere E,
will not be ignorant of che ſaints in glory. Dives knew La-
Zarus; and ſurely they will not be ignorant of Abraham, who
come from the eaſt, the weſt, the north, and the ſouth, to ſit
. down with him, and Iſaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of God!

The fayoured apbſtles in the holy mount knew Moſes and

Elias, whom they had never ſeen in the fleſh. Auſtin thought
there would be no ſtrangers in heaven. *Surely miniſters will
know-thoſe Ken e a who will be their crown of rejoic-
ing to all eternity. Will the ſaints have forgotten thoſe mi-
niſters by whom they have believed? Will they in heaven

loſe. their recollection of thoſe with whom they have taken

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ſweet eounſel together, in their way to their everlaſting home
and reſt? It is not: to be ſuppoſed. The buſineſs of heaven is

not wholly a myſtery to the ſaints on earth ; and the wth ay, 5

of heaven, as well as the place and company, they thall know
hereafter, Pleaſing thought! Eternity ſhall be the duration

of their felicity. . A perpetuity of bliſs is bliſs !“ The glories of |

heaven, like the love of God, neither know meaſure hor end.
This paper is full. There is no room to contemplate the hor-
rors of the damned. May every reader flee from that wrath

to come; and, with the writer, ſeek and find this heavenly city,

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Ax, . o the Editor of the Evangelical Magazine. 2

FREY N fulfil my promiſe of tranſmitting to yeu a fetch

of the divine dealings with F. Maddocks, executed at War-

wick, for forgery. The letter ſubj6ined, written by himſelf, as it

contains the language of a dying man, may better pleaſe your

Teaders. than what I would otherwiſe have tranſcribed .and ſent -

from my own memorandums. The whole that paſſed between
bim and me in the cell related to the great concern of his preſent
peace and eternal felicity, and might be profitable to repeat, but
1 would rather that he, though dead, ſhould ſpeak for himſelf.

I can but reflect with pleaſure upon the change which 2 0
Kutly took place in this man's heart and ſentiments—a change

ither give or take offence. bh
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| Pos elfe? Maddocks had been a. cloſe Audegt at the Teet-of -
Soecinus for more than twenty years paſt, arid had profited i in the
© . - amti-evangelical ſyſtem ge manyvx * equals. Diſciplined
4 with prejudices againſt the truth of Jeſus, Te 9 ought himſelf
8 . he told me) juſtified in warmly. propagat! bg pernicious ;
tenets, among his family and acquaintance. -- aine's Age of
Et eaſon was his, oracle. goo then how pleaſing the change in
mw 8 a ſubject! To find ſuch an one inquiſitive after. way
a 3 doctrine of the Gol to. "gig a |
. - - calt afterward attached to.the Bible, that on eke he ;
would of ) went farther to ſertlechis. mind png a n hu-
bY 1 wan arguments. To hear a man who had cheriſhed the moſt
_ det rading thoughts of the perſon and office of Jeſus, declare be , 5
5 la face death with no other pon wg than was On - =
| + atonement; nor would go out of the world with any.othe
. than Lord Jeſus receive my ſpirit.” To behold a
7 7075 for inſidelity, now draw all his conſolation from the
of ſalvation, . How admirable the change! This change
"IX the. felicity to obſerve. It appeared entirely the Lord's
Boing, and it was marvellous in my eyes; I forbear enlarging
leaſt 1 ſhould pre-occupy the ſpace in your valuable magazine,
which 1 beg youwill have the goodnels to give. o Maddocks's 5
1 - epiltle, Wiſhing that both you and myſelf may feel daily
more and more of the power of the Goſpel upon our own
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Four afflictien fot my preſent ſituation. This is, indeed, what
OD J might naturally expect from what I know experimentally of
our filial attachment to me. No doubt you have been in-
2 of my cheerful relignation to the doom that awaits me.
ou, and others, may ptobably aſcribe this diſpoſition to a
5 ſtoical temper, or the reſult of ſtrength of mental powers. In
anſwer to the former ſuppoſition, you may depend upon it, that
ſo: far from being vaſt f eling, .all the 1 I experience
riſes from my-refleftions on your account; and although I go
5 through the day with cheerfulneſs, yet when the eye of man Is
not upon me, when I lie down at night, I ſeldom fail to water
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How far the latter ſuppoſition may be true
confeſs I have had my doubts, ſo deceitful is the buman heart]
But I truſt this unbelief is in meaſure. done away. And hete
let me ſay, I rejoice that the hand of divine Providence has in-
terfered; and puta flop to that mad career of vice and vaiquity

into which I was daily plunging myſelf, to my own and your
DEE, deſtruction. a Let me here beg your alte nen to my principles

ut the time I was taken into cuſtody. e That there isa God.“

is What I never denied; but, in order to account for the evil
which abounds in the world, I had na doubt that there was a de-
ficiency either in his power or his goodneſs, and had totally lot
every idea of the world's being governed by a benevolent Pro-
vidence. But I had not been long in priſon before I began to
ſuſpect the fallacy of my notions. The firſt thing that gage
birth to reflection, was the amazing alteration in my Habit |

body, from an impaired ſtate, by exceſſive drinking, to a ſtate of

confirmed health, without any effort made by medicine in

order to produce this effect. This, you will fay, was the natpral-
effect ol the reſtraint upon my liberty; granted. But What
would have been the ſtate of my mind andfiny. body by this time,

had not the hand of divine Providence arrefled my progreſs ?

And here, if you will ſtop a little, and look back upon my words
and actions the laſt year I was with you, you. can have no doubt

ef the degeneracy of my morals, and the evil example I was

ſetting before you. The firſt effr& which this change of

; could get a concealed opportunity) to that God who I was per-

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thought produced in my mind was to pray daily (whenever I

ſuaded could liberate me from prifon, if it were conſiſtent with
his will, and conducive to mine and your future happineſs ;. for
J had never loſt ſight of you during the whole of my confine-
ment. Your br.thei® will bear we witneſs, that I frequently

told him my mind had undergone even then a very material.

change, and that I was well convinced that J had imbibed very

falſe notions; this he treated as weak and focliſh. But depend -

upon it, my dear children, it is to this fooliſhneſs, which began

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in the gaol, I am indebted for that calm reſignation to the will

of God 1 now enjoy. ar POE

I now made it my duty to enquire of the priſoners their way
of life, and by what means.they were brought, into confine-
ment; the general cry was © the negle& of the ſabbath day.

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deveral of them had been members of chriſtian churches, and
* Alluding to his eldeſt ſon, charged with the ſame offence for which his

facher ſuffered, but was acquitted.

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*., out. my future walk in life. In the firſt place, I was convinced

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. . of the neceſſity of a regular attendance upon public worſhip to

che intereſt and happineſs of ſociety in their preſent ſtate, for
at this time 1 looked no farther. The place I had ſelected

| for that ,purpoſe was ——; for many reafons. The con-
gregation appeared leſs worldly than ; and beſide, I

thought the preacher might amuſe me, if not profit; for indeed,
_ Galhio like, I little cared for the doctrines. I moreover thought

| ; Rp a regular attendance would exhibit, a govd example to you and
the neighbourhood. - But here mark and behold the extraor-

dinary providence of God. Since my condemnation I have

3 157 not only been convinced of the truth of divine revelation, but
Have imbibed the very döctrines that are there preached, from

5 their ſuitableneſs to the letter and ſpirit of the Goſpel; and the

perſon who was the happy inſtrument of my converſion, will

here let we beg you will pay regard to this my. dying requeſt
Conſider for a moment the material difference between your

_ - , preſent diſpoſition and mine. You are all ſorro and grief on
upon earth? I am now ſaying Lord, now letteſt thou thy
ſervant depart in peace, according to thy word, for mine eyes
bave ſeen thy ſalvation.“ For every effect there muſt be a
cCauſe: now the cauſe of my happineſs ariſes from a full per-

ſuppoſe that my preſent ſentiments have any tendency to relax
my obligations to parental duty; on the contrary, they have in-

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© the Apoſtle for the Jews, © I could with myſelf accurſed from

Or, in other words, ſuch is my affection for you, that I could
wiſh you eternally happy, whatever I might ſuffer. Do not

been accuſtomed to attend; that they might hear the Goſpel :

one out from among them, and chen proceeds:

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my account, and, no doubt, ſaying, who dan ſhow us any good 8
| + faaſion of the truth of the Goſpel, as preached by thoſe dixines,
Who are very properly called evangelical. I hope you will not

creaſed it, and I can with truth adopt that ſtrong a eion of 5

_ Chrift,” for you, my dear children, „according to the fleſh.” |

let your worldly intereſt in the leaſt concern you; depend upon
it the God I now ſerve will never leave you, nor forſake you,
if you ſeek and ſerve him in ſincerity and in truth.— (Here he
aAdmoniſhes them to forſake the place of worſhip where they had

dut I forbear to tranſeribe the words, as they contain ſoine things
perſonal. He concludes with the apoſtle's words, & wherefore

Jeſus

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of the all-atoning blood of Chriſt ; and the certainty of eternal - MW
miſery to the impenitent. . So far from thinking my fall hard - ©
or undeſerved, I bow with humble ſubmiſſion to the rod which _ e
ſtrikes all my earthly comforts dead. It is the Lord, let him e
do what ſe h him good.” *. Againſt thee, thee only, have .
I ſinned, and done this evil in thy tight, that thou mighteſt be 1
juſtified when thou ſpeakeſt, and be clear when thou judge 2 5 a}
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\ } rangement of the Scripture Prophecies, «vhich relate to the Reſtoration of - 1
te Jews, and to ſome of the moſt interefling Circumſtances which are io CAME
accompany and. diſtinguiſh that important Event; with Illufirations. ana
Remarks, drawn from the preſent Situation and apparent Tendencies of
Things both in Chriſtian and, Mahometan Countries. By. J. BICKENO, Fi |; |
II is one of the ſigns of the latter day, that knowledge ſhall be in- ns
creaſed,” and we would not diſcourage enquities of this kind, conducted 2 1
with becoming modeſty, and reverence for the | Scriptures. At the ſame =
time we confeſs the ſubject before us is involved in ſo many difficulties, _ N
that we conceive it much ſafer to give the ſyſtem of our ingenious writer 1
in his own words, as ſummed up in the concluſion, than to hazard a miſ- 13
interpretation of it, or riſk an opinion of our own... e N
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with the ſame. degree of evidence; and that two or three-particulars may, 114808
at firſt fight, and to thoſe, efpecially, whole minds, are not converſant in 1
ſuch ſubjects, appear range and viſſonary: nor am I ſure that they will Wo
not appear fo, even to many who have exerciſed themſelves in theſe, or ſimilar (ay
reſearches, But however this may be, it mult be allowed by all ſerious 4
minds, by all believers in divine revelation, that the ſubject poſſeſſes con- 5
ſiderable intereſt: nor does our failure in à few ſubordinare, or more ob- 6
ſcure particulars, invalidate the whole argument. The great facts which ö

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more iinmediaiely concern the evidences of divine revelation, and which
are deſigned by providence to counteract infidelity, and prove to mankind .
the reality of religion, and the truth of the chriſtzan religion in particular |
—the perfection of the Jewiſh—are attended with ſuch a degree of proof, 15
that, in theſe, we conld not well fail. And it is for theſe, therefore, .
am moſt concerned : Such as that the Jews, after their preſent long capti-
ity, will be gathered from all nations, and again be reſtored to their own

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count and be made a hely and happy- people. That Kar Aeli
will Nur at a time of Ke and py pes calamities-and revolutions;

and at the time of the ell of che fourth monarchy; and of the Turkiſh

empire in articular.— That the commencement of cheir delivefance will
de beste their c erſiob . Fhat. it is maſt Hkely they: Will de brit put in

wotion by. ome foreign power, and that this. power is ſome maritime ave

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in theſe dn rts of the world. And that they N . robable
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15ſt may now ſeem; will be diſfinguiſhed inſtruments, in the

” _ videure,//ih puniſhing and breaking to pieces tke kingdoms that have been 5 :
5 Je eſſors, and which will oppoſe their redemption and reſettlement;

2 in:theſe conflits, hieb ere to, bring about the ere defigns of God,

7 theraſelves, alſo, will endure great. ſolferings, | 10 ch hat great numbers. /

ot em, it is probable, ill periſh.» #2

& When theſe things begin to come ob, or, at leaſt; when they ive

Pen eſs, mankind will witneſs ſuch incontrovertivle/proofs- of
"the troth o! * revelation, as were never before ſo gener ally ſeen. (How long

- It is to the time when the dry bones of the houle of rack will begin

to move, it is impoſſible to ſay; but I ſtrongly ſuſpect | is nat Jong.
© However, as it is in human nature to precipitate, it becomes us to. be cau-

tious. But although no one can ſay how near, or how diftant; the time
may be, when God will fulfil his promiſes to the Jewiſh. nation; yet it is

certain · there never were ſo many reaſons for concluding it not to be very
far off, as at preſent. We live in awful times. We and our fathers have
feen wars, but, fince man learnt to ſtied blood, there never was one ſimilar
to the preſent, in which the nations are daſhing each other to 5 pieces about
* and principles, which. equally. involve religions and governments.

ents the moſt alarming follow each other in quick ſucceſſion. —** Baby-

5 len tlie great is haken to its foundations. Rome it ſelf has felt the ſhocks

"of revolution, and its pblitico-" eccleſiaſtical government is at preſent, ex-

- rin: The kingdom of the beaſt" is faſt filling with darkneſs. The Tork ih.
power is moſt {criouſly attacked, and ex hauſſed by its on violence; ema-
ciated and enfeebled in every part, it is reduced to the neceſſity, of ſuing -

' - its (till no _ inveterate and dangerous enemy, 1 ſupport/its fotter-

throne. Paleſtine itfelf 1 is becomitis the ſcene of conteſt ; and that

BY. ferment; which has been uctive of ſuch unexgected ant awful cataſtro-
; 8 in Europe, bas reached the ſhores of Egy 75 and Syria; and opinions

te ſet aſlost which not only threaten deſtruction to fu perftition and ty-
ranny under every form; but which attack alfo truth 172 juſtice, - and

- threaten to overthrow the whole fabric of human things, good and bad, .

aud reduce them alt to one heap of ruin. I it pleaſe Ge to ſuffer it to

de ſo, may it be preparatory to a new creation The thoughts of God
dre not as our thoughtt, nor are our ways as his ways; for as the heavens

ate higher than the: earth, ſo are his ways higher than our we and his
ene han our thoughts. f.“ n

5 ADDRESS ro THE PUBLIC concerning Political Opinions ak Pans b.

adopted, tu promote Re 3 in Scotland. hg Ran eee $00.

;280 p. only 27. 04. 0

Ir has becn our in variable principle rather 16 undte al. parties of "al |

chriſtians, in ihe grand deſign of propagating evangelical truth, than to
take an intereſt in the various methods which different parties have .

Ii Ciirift be preachel, and ſinners ſaved, it has hever been an obje

| conkderation- with us, grad it were by weaus of one denomination ar

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in Scotland, a8 to their jucerval differences in modes and forms ;- but we
cannot 'with-hold dur unequivocal 1 reg on from any man who devotes -
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his life and fortune to the ſalvation of his feſlow-finnery,. Süch-ie Mr, R.

Huldane, whote addreſs is how before us, avd whe has $ reaped.the general >
| reward f 8 and flander.

Before Mr., H. was inliſted into the ſetvieeof his Redeemer, it appears'
that his proper ey are tolents made him u diſtinguiſhed charater in the politi-
ca} circles of the north; hot when he became the citizen of avother coun-

try, even an heavenly ly, he changed the objects of his attefition ; be wholly,

retired from pelirical e e and devoten himſelf} to che intereſt of
His enemies, hn rs 3 . his former

* Who furns bis "back upon Its ROLES and its —— — —— we
wonder at the ie merity of a learned Proſeſſor -(Robiſop). who publ <
_ the ealumny alluded pad

to in his Proofs of a Conſpiracy, from the hearfay con-
verſation- of an individual, who impoſed upon. his credulity. This wi
caſtoned him the mortifying neceffity of contradiQing it in the p ME

pers, thoug not with - aft that openneſs add view Fad which

thought him intitled to expe: But what ſhall we ſay of thoſe 15

Nee wh 5 after this, repeated and exaggerated the ſame unfoundec
de

e the juſtificatiop of himſelt, „H. enters into a full
bauen ** vindication of the Scots Society he propagating the Goſpelg and

juſtifies them from mo ROW ſuſpicion of ning political | i

their exertions.
The peaceable and henevolent ſpirĩt that breathes throughout this pamph-

let, Suge recommends it to the public attention, particularly of thole

who are diſpoſed to credit reports prejudicial to the character of the zealous

friends of vital godlineſs: The Appendix contains ſome papers relative to

the plan of the « 6v4,Soeiety , and_a-cunfiderable tx rat Mr. 1
ſermon, on civil governments, whole ſentiments on- that ſubje ct Mr.

fdily and decidedly, adopts. | Sex our Ren it w for May 1799, P. 363.

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Tur VICTIM, in vue Letters 10 Adolphus. 12mo. 80 5. With an elegant

Frontiſpiece, 246d. BUTTON,

Ws cannot too much commend the benevolent. defipw of this Ss;

which is to counteract the evils of proſtitution, and Jicentious *ntefcourſe

of the ſexes, und to expoſe the Jooſe prine:ple.of a man of fathion- and

gaiety, who, though he ons at TT, as a crime, thinks it no harm

io have connection with the ſeduced, The author ſhews, with an invin-
cible force of a argument, that no vicecan be lefſeped by perleverance, and
that to corintenance the trade of proſtitution, is but to add guilt to guilt, |

and milery to miſery.
We underſtand hs this comes from the ſawe i ingenious. pen as the Re-
fuse, ſom ume ſince reviewed by us; and we hope tl.e elegant manner in

which it is printed and embellifed, will recommend it in thote gay circles "Ih
_ which it is deſigned, under ihe divine bleſſing, to re form.

Tak PRISONER's FRIEND, or Leiters tie Condemned. By the flew:
Jaurs EDWARDS. Jo ad hich is added a Copy of 4 Letter from a Phy.

ſician in London to the late Dr, Doitd, _—_— be Was winder Sentence of

Death, 12410. 78 p. 64d. Chapman.

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PRE Mi ary Intelligence we have to communicate is calculated fo
affect the different ſympathies of our nature, and" to produce tears of

ed'i that every attempt would be_ ſucceſsful, or that our
object, in any inſtance to T fliould be b |

| Goſpel...

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his Spirit appears to have begun a good work in the hearts of ſome of hs

moſt abject and uncultivated of the human race. A wide field is opening

Dr. Vanderkemp's Journal, are unavoidably deferred, as alſa an intereſting -

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ber 8th, returned the'Miſonaries Buchanan, Kelſo, -
and Wilkinſon. They left chat Iſland on the 24th of January, in the
Beiſey, letter of marque, Capt Clark, and proceeded to Port Jackſon, from

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whence they obtained a free paſſage' in his Majetty's thip the Reliance,

Capt. Waterhouſe. They report that they remained at their ſtations with-
out receiving any material injury from the natives, until the breaking out
of a civil war in April, 17999. 12 Log
On wy 56 of that month the king was ſecretly aſſaſſinated by his
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to revenge this outrage. The aſſaſſin was alſo'fupported by a powerful
on, who repaired ro his ſlandard to decide the tate of the parties by a

Es. The Miſſionaries had, from their entrance on the, Iſland,

eparated themſelves, to prevent jealouſies and promote the object of their

miſſionz and had fettled under the patronage of different chiefs j ſome

under perſons who ſided with the king's brother, and others under chiefs
who united with the uſurper. In the firſt battle the royaliſts were victori-
ous, who, in purſuing the fugitives, came to the houſe of the miſſionaries

property, ſet fire 30 their houſe. The next battle proved fatal to the ad-
herents of the king, many of whom fell in the conflict, and mot of the

chiefs were afterwards put to death. other miſſionaries fled to the
rocks, after being plundered of all their but the uſurper promiſe.

ing not to kill them, they returned to their dwelling, here they continued

nine months; ſometimes diſtreſſed for proviſion, and receiving none but
what was given for converting the iron the natives had taken, into knives |

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would kit chem. A. this junci ure arrivei the Retfy with a Spatid prize,
- Jail from Ot 4 which Mr. Harris, one of the miſſtonaries, undertook
to noyigate to Port Jackſon, on condition that Capt. Clark would call att
| ” Tongdiaboby Kg lee the brethren; Finding, on their arrival, the ä
3 ſituation of the miſſionaries; and the little proſpect of ux ceſs that —
* Klelf in their circumſtances. they adviſed them to quit the Iſland's and
2 Clack, very; hemanely offered thei a free eto. Port Jackſon.
Meins. Cooper, Shelly, Buchanan, | Kelſo, and. Wilkinſon, accepted „
ae offer, and went with: himg the two former of whom choſe to continue in
. Colony; and Mr. Harris, after taking in the prize, refoſed tore
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inagrieulture, Which the chief, whom they reſided, wiſhed-bis- people
to imitate, and whoſe regaid for them led him do regt a Gatookn, or mo-
ment, over their duſt ; and he was ſo affected with their death, that he
never ſpoke of them afterwards but with tears. SS a
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veſſel calied and left 6x Engliſhmen, five of whom, together with the two =
ho remained v hen-Cap t. Weiten came away, proved their greateſt ene- |

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"26d: to fulfil your requett, I ſend you theſe few lines, hoping Mey will meet
vou and yours.peſſeſimng a divine ſenſe of the love of God in your, hearts,
and the bleſſing of Ghritt upon your life aud labours. The teelings. of |
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of Afr nature, 1 think; as dne ine dem 10 lach a ſituation as mine it. ”

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bdberein; what ammemg diverſe methods does he take; but bow ſure ard ex-
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There s a veimof mercy and foithtulneſs runs through all his diſpenſations
towards thoſe who are ligcerely Neling, either in a public or private ca-
{ © pacity; his honour in their liſe and labaurs. O what a bleſſed thing is. it
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land for the South Sen Iſlaneis : yea, how buſy were foro in hitting them ß

| the minds of many, perhaps, in Englund, when 30 Miſſionaries left 9 0 —
upon the pinnacle of imaginary honour j whereas we trad not as yet buc |

| make/both the heathen nd hs Gn Know, that be ie che Lon who: nge.
rierd Ickacl, eben his fan.Qvary is in the widft of Tem. What will se

will manifeſt. But I do earneſtly entreat cf the Lord, tat Directors uns |

It bs likely it wilkad@ t your Gilap oint ments to her, chat. I am fer
from being able topreach Ohr iſt tothoſe pot heathens: but nd I, through | —

name or teputation is H no conſequence, hen compared with the di

Ckbriſt among the heathens; and my-obligarions to the Lord and the Direc-

cat our mercies have deen more numerotis than dur moments. Notwith-

think, that the Lord bath been crowning eur uworthy heads with ſuch
thread, half. a- pound of brown bets wax, half-#:pouutFof powder df white ,. |

quced, eipecially in tne article of faits, that we tall be thankful/if you

worthy the bleſſing,

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the iſſue in Eugland from theſe une xpedted events which have already taken | EY i
place, and what may ftiY-occur concerning us and the poor heathen, tmnne
Miffienavies may evidence'to an ungodly .y7id; their hontht, holy, inereaſ-

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nour which may fall gp6n'the name and interſt of but hleſſed Lord from
luch eonduct. What knowledge of it I Have throngh grace obtained, the: =
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of us three would come-overito him. I, for my (cif, did not find freedom, 5
eſpecially as it appeared fame times as if the Lord was on the way to
crown ohr very weak endeavours: amongſt this blind people with his

bleſſing, I wih the Lord may hereafter ſhow that out brother has in

God's favour departed, to labour with our brother in Caſfrat is.
.. Hhall how briefly communicate to you what concerns the ſituation

ol our cotigregation : It is compoſed at preſent of Boſchẽmen an len.
Theſe Bo Chen have heretofore. occupied themſelves in nothing elſe butt
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happily ſucceeded. This good man did, at evening, and in the morning, 85
bow his knees before God, and alſo ſung. pſalms, which made ſuch an im-
preſſion upon this nation, that they from that moment neglected not to re-

queſt that he would take care that they might learn to know that God ps
whom the Dutch prayed to: herevpon he promiſed that he would, aud WP
that they ſhould. obtain among them an inſtructor or teacher, though he
was utterly at a loſs-to procure one; as every body appeared. afraid of this
people, and few would willingly live in ſuch a wilderneſs, ſeparated from

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Although they are not idolaters, the doctrine of a Sapreme Being was to
them entirely unknown; and, in one word, we found them reiemble the * |
brute beaſts, with this exception, that tuey were capable of inſtruction, of
learning to know, and to honour a deity, which allo afterwards appeared.
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place is between the rocks, where they dig a round den of about three fect IH
deep, in which they lie, with their whale family. This den is ſometimes + - 1
covered with a few reeds, to ſhelter them from the wind and rain, which, . | l
however, ſeldom anſwers the deſign, as they are generally ſoaked through 3
by the firlt ſhower. - They moltly lie down and ſlecp, execpt when hunger 3
greatly torments them; then they go a hunting; but they live many days „„ |
without any food. - When they. find no wild bealt, then they make ſhift | 0

wich a ſort of {mall wild onions and. wild potatoes, which the women (ek,
t never the men. They are content to eat ſuakes and micſe.
The wild beaſts are always ſhot with poiſoned darts. The poiſon they
e out of the jaw - bone of the ſerpent. and put a little thereof at the
top of the harping- iron of the dart; they then creep behind the ſmall
uſhes, where they conceal themſelves, to attack the wild beaſt when they
approach to the diſtance of about an hundred ſteps. If the dart doth _
wound in the ſlighteſt degree, they are poſſeſſors of the .li icken animal, if
Nt even run, and occaſion the ſhooter an nour's chace. Sometimes the beaſt
tumbles flat down, becauſe the poiſon runs directly through the blood.
$ ſoon as the creature is dead, the poiſon draws together to the yew
SOT ent Clos he FAS ? where

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without any hurt. Whien they are hunting they can run for ſevera} pot
Hg ſucceſſively, and bold. it out even ac well as.» horſe, This fe J have e.
F — times proved. WY.

* +, _-. amongſt them, muſt ſhame-not only nominal but real, chriſtians. As long
„ been among them I cannot remembeꝝ to have obſerved any dil.
7 _ - Agreement of conſequence to have ſublifted berween.themj and when we
TBE ns little tobacco, er any thing elſe,” they divide the (ame among(
. them, e have ee invited one or an otber to our houſe, and then
hae given them a piece of meat, with ro to cat it in our nee, but
WET they lA not do 15 and when they 8 to do it, they 3 eateſt
port thereof, in a ſecret manner, urder their ſheep-ſkins (called by them
3 | 3 which is their only covering belides a fox · ſæ in, which they tie about
"Me their waits. Of theſe fkins ſome.are yellow: and ſome entirely white but
E they make themſelves diſguſting hy. 1 — of r . which they grind out
1 bol the rocks, with which, when mixed with horſe, greaſe and the
„ of an iron pot, they blacken * vehole e 6h iF Wen ſome»
\ 25's 2 On 4 blacken their faces, or make tiripes over their ies, nuſes, and
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unexpectecdſy entered my hut by candle-tight, 1 have. been not a little
trightened : but dur example has already made ſome alterition. in this par.

their arms, legs, and te afier they are 0 be ſmeay ed with

horſe-greaſe. |

Th'übeir language is + fo! very dif colt to earn, that raboy' can ſpell nor
9 8 write the ſame... It cor fiſts moſi ly of a clicking with the tongue.

By a kind dire&o0n of Providence, we have in our ſervice two interpre-

Boſchemen's Jand ; but have ſerved under Chriſtians, and. have learned the
Datch language. The wife's motheriwe uud amongit theſe wild mae
ho now all ler ves for b<r-livelibood,

Dear Brethien, do aſk the Lord to poſſeſs the bebte ef theſe i interpre-
„ters. This might be an-inygluable privilege for them, for ns, and for
ET the pod! people. The abovemertioned llegirunate Hottentot pretends that
Ns mu wants Jews, and his wife alſo conteffes the fame oftentimes with weep-
ing eyes; bur I have not ſufſticient gigunds to account either of them con-
. verted; bayvevoa, will jeave it to the Lord, who alone knows the heart,
VVV What now concerns the progreſs of cur work, we have reaſon (in
By _ſpite af the oppoſi ion of the prince of hel) to thank our Great Sender,
=o: Outwardly, we oblerve, there is amongſt ſome a viſible change; their filthy
= mannes 01 living begins from day to day to lfſew; inſtead of Imeering, they
waſh theimleivts; 3 inftead of laying and fictp.ngs there are many hom we

e with gucat wouble got to han, nom come of their own accord ; when

now lit 10 kent with reverence; andi nſtead of contradiction, every one
NY dbccbnos edges that to be the truth which we communicate to them 3 and,
_— as formerly they always excvled their evil doings, they now conſels the
"Ki me open- -heartedly,, and oon, if A are not changed, * mult go
we + fraight wav to he..
| y I Ot wha! concerns the inward . cork; 1 cainot. 6cmmunicate to you much,
at leail 1 dart not Go it. I hope you have received by the hands of Brothe!
2kker, what J have written concerning the ſame to Brother Vos : but
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The day after n of Brother Edwards, being the 16H March,
the explication of $:. Luke xi. ver. 27 and 28,

4 vty en oecurrence- The Captain of the Bojchemen . (called
am) of whom 1 have already mentioned ſomething in the letter io
Brother Vos, fat, during che inſtruction, to hear with much reverence,

'we had at evening, under

and, as it appeared to me, with wuch concern... According to wſtom, we
jointly bent our knees, and whilſt we prayed, I heard ſomebody bitterly

weeping; which made me think that it perhaps might be. a frauge Hot-

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fomi*thing concerning the Lord Jens),

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but, raiſing myſelf up, J ſound that

it was my beloved Abraham, for whom I have long had an high eſteem.
Having enquired-/of hin the renun of his To extraordinary ſorrow, he was
not capable, through the uyerwhelming” of his heart, io give an antwer;

but went, 'withour ſpeaking a werd, to the field, fled 10 the Lord Jeſus,

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and-revegled to him his whole heart, About à quarter of an hourafter we

ccauſed him to be calied to us, and np ain afked- him the above queſtion,

When he declared thereupon, that this ſorrow. proceeded: from viewing the

_ expreſs what was the matter with his heart; but that-it was as if irthrough
anxiety drove him backward and forward, and he could do nothing but

Jeſus, who only was able to help him z and that he would pray to him,
_ that he would further eſfed ualſy work in him; becauſe he aralt not be ſaved
in part, but wholiy ; and that he mutt obtain the Lord Jeſus for his friend,

tell Jefus his condition, though it bappens often, at whiltt he prays he

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many evils which he not only formerly, in his ignorance, had committed,
but which he continued to commit; and if Jeſus had not interceded for
him, and by his blood waſhed his dirty heart (as he expraſſed 31) that he

then muſt haye fraitway gone to hell. 'He then added, that he could not

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weep: When he heard ſpeak ing of Jeſus, and was aying, it was as if
there came life in him; and he further ſaidj that he would only keep to

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elſe he muſt continue untippy.

While Lam huſy in writing he is with me. I ſhall atk him to tell me.,
what T muſt, in his name, write to you, His anſwer is, to mention to you,

that he is the whole day as one that is chaſed, who no where finds reſt into
what place ſoever he goes; but that his heaft follows him every where,
ſmites and how him all his fins. The beſt thing for him he finds is, 10

gros more oppreſſed: but notwithſtanding the more melancholy he grows,
the more earneſtly he flies to Jeſus for forgive geſs, inſtruction, and power
over bis heart. EL TEL 3 oo CST - 4. hy og "#4 iy

It appears to me that this is not mere pretence, as it can be obſerved,

that there is à change in his appearance and beigviour, He is, the whole
day by himſelf, ſpeaks not a ſingle word, except when they ſpeak to him;
but Iwill rather till write nothing poſitively concerning this. It may yet

be all a miſtake; it would; alſo be of no con ſequence if I ſhould approve or
diſapprove of him. It is the Lord who judges him, and ſo I rather leave

it to the Lerd, who only tries the hearts and reins, and ſees not only What

is before the eyes, as we human beings, but What takes place in the
tou}, He alfo knows whether-there are not many amongtt us, in whoſe
hearts there is ſomething good; but I hope time will reveal it. Who knows

alſo what God ſhall do yet! If it be but for this ene only that our dear,

valuable treaſure would that be tor us?

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eich they kee idlerably well), afterwaida vie all bend our knees 3 this
being done, the old peopledepart, and the young people we inſtruct in the”. 25
Vutch orthography, ſome of whom can alrealy. ipell very wells afterwards
we pray an ſing, and os the congregate Bo,
4 In t e aſternoon we aſſemhle again, and read to them one or two pſalm m.
After giving out two lines at a time, we expla u the principal- contents of _
bh they ling, andithenteach them, by the interpoſition of an imgerpreter,
Duo tek worde, and alto to count numbers, which they then repeat again in
„ / ns
„At evening, immediately after, ſun-ſet, we all aſſemble. together in our
Houſe j we ſing a pſalm ʒ then Brother Cramer and I, each in gur turn, an-
nmnaounee, in the plaineſt manner, Jeſus, his blood ayd righteouſneſs, as the only 35
ground of falvation for a poor ſinner; and take for a foundatien ſome ap-
plicable texts, moſtly hiſtorical, limiting ourſelves chiefly to: the falking -
About of the Lord Jeſus upon earth, which we by experience ſee orcafions
x the moſt attention. Aſter we have made, very ſimply, ſome applicable ob.
; . ſervations, and particularly addreſſe d Tome brig them, we conclude with the
evening ſong and prayer. I our evening exerciſes. we ſometimes. ſet the
I — each in his turn, io pray aloud,;,and intend ip time to do the ſame
—_. When our goods ſhall have been carried to. the other place, and we

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= _ thereby come to a more ſettled abode, we wiſh twice a week to inſtruct then
iin the plaineſt truths of the divine ſervice by catechizing. For this pur-
F _ "poſe we muſt compoſe, in the plaineſt manner, ſomething that we, in that
- eaſe, judge ncedſul ; the Lord be therein unto. us ahght!
I .1.a aſſemble them at evening, we have found it a very expedient mean,
=. after ſervice. to give each a quarter of a pipe: ſull of tobacco, but to thoſe
” - who ſtay away we give nothing. They are ſo much attached to ſmoaking
that they would, women and children, as well as men, rather ſuffer hunger
than be withoyt tobacco. Our dear Maſter has fo ordered ier that the hearts |
of the Chriftiang have been inclined to provide rs plentifully with this ar.
ticle; and not only with this, bat alip with theep, money, and other things.

T have; io that end, on an occaſion that I, ſome wecks ago, had to go to the .
Cape, made it my buſineſs 'to inipreſs upon tach heart the concert of this
matter, and td ſhow their ooncern by deeds, fo that I upon this journey

have received for them near two thouſand guilders (of fixteen-pence each)

and. I expect ſtil} more; Without that, it had been impoſſible to bring
tzeſe poor people to any inſtruction, as they muſt continually have had to

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=. travel from one place tothe other, to procure food.
3 The government of this place promotes, in every reſpect, this great af-

fair, and endeavours, eſpecially by writing, to enforce upon the hearts of
the Chriſtians the concern which every one has therein; there goes alſo a
requeſt-boat amongſt them for a yearly ſubſcription of veſſels, corn, money,
er what each can ſpare, on behalf of theſe. Boſchemen. At the time 7.
went to the Cape, I took with me nine Boſchemen, and went with them to
__ the Governor of the Cape. The captain, in the name of all the Boſche-
men, made the ſpeech, and declated to his Excellency their kearty thank.
if giving that his e. had. permitted to fend in ſtruction to them, and
did ſay likewiſe, that they never heard or thought of that which they now
hear ; and as they befere never did any thing but ſteal and rob, now, har-
ing heard that it was hn, they were grieved about it, and deſired never to
do ſuch things again; but benceforth live in peace, and be inſtructed by us
to become happy - His Excellency anſwered, that they might depend upon
his protection. 5 7 „ EILES oo
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this? It goes with me as the waves. of the fea; ſometimes up and ſometimes
__ down ;; but thanks be 6 my divine Shepherd, he ſeeks. continually after

his itrayed theep, taketh him on bis ſtivulders, lets him hear his ſoft,
his ſaving voice; and ien he is again to his foul dear and defirable
above all things, But the more I walk'in the way to heaven, and learn to
know mylelf, (and O how little is this yet 1) fo much the more I muſt
cfy out with Paul,“ In' me, that is in my fleſh, dwelleth no good thing.“

Iudeed Tlebk alfo no longer for any good in my elf, for it is not to be found -
in me but in my ſurety; who is not only, upon the ground of his eternal

_ _ righteonſnefs, my juſtification hefore'the throne; but alſo my FanEtification :
and when I am favoured'ts put forth the hand of faith, O then I may look

divine ſußety of my ſoul. oO IT RN,
I T have ſometirges been enabled wirh zeal to approach the Lord, and in
' 9 communion with him to feel my filial relation. O, dear brethren} what
A bleſſed privilege it is to receive every thing as from the hand of our Fa-.
ther, by virtue: of the rantom which his beloved Son has brought in for
us! So to appreach as a child with all his concerns does his father, and to
Tay, Father, what thou doeſt is done wel ; thy will be done; thy wilFon]

is wiſe and good, It is all ſovereign which he doth; but, O how much

differ in the whole concerning this my zeal and energy of ſpirit ! 2
I have experienced much of the faithfulneſs of God in this wilderneſs,
and during my whole journey: The more 1 am in ways wherein par-

ticularly 1 want the help of Jeſus, the more T learn what he is to we. 0

mould I mention all this, I could eafily fill therewith a quire of paper and

more: believe me, my brethren, tht ſomethin g is required to be entirely ſepa-

_ rited from civilized Tociety, arid wander in a wilderneſs amongſt ſavage

people, who, if the Lord did not refirajy, would long ago have murdered,
us. Moreover, to have left dear parehtz, brother, ſitiers, dear friends, and
relations, and moreover to have a feeling heart concerning the ſame; fo
that not only in parting, but until this moment there is an open wound :
and, inftead of leſſening, it grows every day deeper and wider ; but Jeſus,
aid he alone is he who continually cures this wound, and cauſes me nor
only to reſt ſatisfied in this way, but alſo gives me privileges and ſigns to
convince me to what a mot ſalurary polt be has called me. O! when I,

' think that our very defective means are made fruitful, if for only one ſingle
man or woman, who would not ſacrifice every thing for that ? And, more
over, as I through grace may believe myſelf to be no longer my own. bot

the ptoperty of ſeſus, it belongs no wore to myſelf in what manner 1
mut ſerve him with foul and body, but only to him, who, at che coſt of his
bloud, has niade me hiso w rn. YO Fon cs
Our Maſter alſo takes care, in a particular manaef; for our temporal ſub-
ſiſtence. It has often happened when we were in want of this or that provi-
tion, ſuch as (alt; meal, &c. that we often ſaid-to each other, in what man-
ner ſhall new the Lord give relief? and before the day has ended, we hail
plenty, Sometimes the hearts of people that did not know any thing of us,
were moved to {end us, at the very time, we wanted it, that which we were
in want of—this has happened at five different times. How often was this.
great in our ſight, not ſo much for the gift as for the giver, who ſo fatherly
took care of us. Some months ago it happened; that we were in want of
every thing, except of ſheep ; we did not know what to do; but we faw .
_ Hnexpectedly, in the morning, oxen heavily loaded approaching us.
We found a friend of ouf's ſent us a ineafure and a half of meal, half
a meaſure of falt, thirty ſheep, and one very fat one. Twenty of the ſheep
were the gift of him, and ten of his Hottentots, wllo were very glad that

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In my journey, to the Cape, I was very anxious concerning our dear Bo-
cdhers Chamer and Edwards, hecguſe we had no meal far them, nor tobacco
for the people; but on the way we met a Hotten'gt with oxen, loaded with.
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+ * envumerate—tg-mor;ow there will came again a load for us and the Bol-.:
chemen⸗ As my-tiavels of eight weeks, 1 bad daily to provide thirteen
people with. vietuats, ànd / am here not_only without the leaſt expence, but, ”
*_ © alfo, having travelled hither and thither, I went out Without anything, and.

[. \- , brought beck with,me 1.36 ſceep and four conn, which the Chriſtians dick.

A,/Z give be with ee
Moreover, ae haye in our garden plenty of greens, ſuffieient io fu ol
Hage to be found. A certain fort of yermin conſume the lame, and What:
ever is done cannot. prevent it, do that it is a rare thing to fee a cabbage.
there. We have not only no want thereof, but they thrive exceedingly, to
| the ſurpriſe of every one, and that upon 3 ground which was laff year en-
- tiwely rough. This we find-very good nouriſhment for our Boſchemen.
Me intend next week to go to-plough, and to ſow about four, ' bx, or
- _ \ eight. meaſures of corn and bai ley, if it ſhould rain O, may the Lord ſend
ſiuitable rains, this would be no ſmall joy to üs and the Boſchemen—al-..
= though both the one and the other is given to us by kind Chriſtians. Un-
ger the Lord's bleſſing we uſe all Ailiwerice to obtain our own proviſions.
Vou can, dear brethren, eaſily perceive that a great deal of money is wanted
at firſt. Would we plough, we want to have a plough.and.two {pan onen —
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build a houſe, we muſt have horſes io tread clay, and to carłyus here and
there to ſhoot wd beaſts would we do,out buſineſs properly, there matt.
he people to do it, as we cannot alone do every thing, and A there are many .
= things which (how kind ſoever the Chriſtiaus are to us) ourſelves-muſt be
28 the expence of; but be aſſured. that we will endeayour is mance every +
thing in the cheapeſt 'manner.. The world upbraid us already, with living
not as m:iſhonacies, but as beggars, as the Brethren at Bavianſklooff have
already (as they. ſuy) taken upon loan more than 30, ooo guilders z but it +.
zs not lo ; our manner of living differs much frem a beggar*s life; we have
food and cloaths; and what can we wiſh more ? It is true our houſe is not
very reſpectable, it is no more than a,cottage of reed, of abaut thirty feet
long and eight fret widr; ohe mult go ſtovping, or elle one puſhes his head
_ againt4be too by rain and wind it is greatly injured ; but this cannot he
br eafly remedied, is therr is no wood to be lad Neko ite ; but this totter-
ing and Fooded-huute is often a palace, when the Lord dcigns to honour it
with his 0 e I the Lord plenſe, and we live, we mall in. the latter.
part of ihis yer erect 2 decent houſe ; to that end a certain man, a brick:
layer and caipenter, with his family, will come and help us on very cheap +
terms. We ahl deſign to ercct a building in which to inſiruct the Volebe
men and the iliegitimzte Hutten:ots. The name of this man is Jacob.
Mlauvais, he dwells at the diſtance of about fourteen days“ journey of a4
waggen drann By exon,” 7-6 mam does this chiefly that he may enjoy the
Bo opportunity of hearing the woril'of the Lord preached, 1, hope this Wik
oeblain the approbutien of the Society; othe: wiſe: we ſhould not willmgly
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wupi 1 have the;

groeabtt affair. A njan, by brother. Cramer named Vigilant, appears un-

eediy beforeme, who, as I: have been informed by other perſons, hag

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upon us : And to that end, by endeavouring je get more Bofche den on Bis,
| fide, to delroy "my, purpoſe; otherwiſe be; would, out of fear, have gone,
into another part of the camp, as he certainly knows that he will be pur-,
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Sender, who, whatever may be the cones will i
dilpoſe of us, if we were even to loſe our lives. Some o
are very much caſt down concerning this matter ; we have our
thought on tie neceſſity to load our pieces, as means of defence.

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fed here. He is very friendly to us, but is.imbittersd again

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Bat fee how. the Lord takes care of his ſervants. In the evetiing,.

| during the teaching, there, came unexpeRt

caſe ; and to- morrow there will come three more, to 4 5 |

to the Quays. onfider this highly necellary, a8
now. teported that he has murdered one of his beſt friends.

other Boſchemen. I hope

the Lord will help us

at one time proſperity, at another adverſit) yea, ſometimes the water

riſes up to the chin, aud then it is diſmal all about us: but then, beloyed,. ..
our faithful Maſter cauſes ſome favourable event to ariſe to make gur Nn
tolerable, and conſfrain us to ſay, the Lord has done it; but hen gir-

cumſtances turn out defirable, then there: comes ditecthy a counterpoiſe to
our bearts, that thertby we may put our truſt alone in the Lord. O bre.
thren, had I time, how many ſuch 0 ng co
and in every thing God would be found faithful, .
Now, dear Brethren, my employments do not permit me to write more.

On another occaſion I hope to reſume it; in the mean while, it is my hearts
defire, and my Ayer to God, that he might/crown your endeavours witly |
ing; fo that by your aQuvitfy, as a menus, thouſands of

his divine ble a6 | |
pearls may be fixed in the crown of qeſus irom among the blind heathens :

and above all, that his kingdom may be more and more crected in your :
hearts; that being Oey erJarged, you may in ſpite of hell proceed in,

this noble work. 1, cloſe with the three laſt verſos of, 2 Cor. xiii, and

have the honour to be your unwerthy, but in Je us, affectionate Brother,

4. Blywooreuricht,. ae og

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The Poltcript of Mr. Kramer's Letter, aboye alluded to, mentions, that
three Boſchemen called. upon them, one of whom kad been there before;
and they brought with them two natives of a different nation, who. men-

tioned, that they had undetſtood they would; be likely to hear ſome-

ing concerning One whole name was Feſus, which.wouid do them good.
They bad, for this purpoſe, come on foot a, journey of eight or ten days ;
and, as the road was 0 Aiffcule and bad, they thought ſome hing more

than Nature muſt have prompted them to undertake it. They did not
think themſelves worthy to hear of this Name, but yet they were de ſirous

of it, and wiſhed to know whether any of thoſe, who undẽt ſtood the doc

trive of Chritt, would go and _inftru8t their countrymen./ , The Beetbren'
' anfwered, that as their number was now reduced to two, by the departure.

of one of their body to Dr. Vanderkemp, they could not go, at preſent 3
but would anſwer them more fully when they came again, which they ſaid

if in iheĩr power.

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edly two men on horſeback, wha-
had ti avelled three days ſucteſſvely to aſſiſt us, as they had heard of the
ree more, to cayry Vigilant again
They and we confider_ this highly acceffary, as ib ig alle,

would alſo be a danger, if he remained among us,, of his corrupting the
— ſpeedily out of this trouble,

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eg e Auguſt, 5 when Me: SAR
ver, preached in ewe from Duke xiv. 33: Meſſrs. Gurten,
ge, nd Towiiſend, 284800 n prayer. Alte din ner the following

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8 arid the friends who were preſent both entertained aud profired;-
thinſon, Parnelt, and Cramp engaged! in F5 miniſters a
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ug next Meeting was Appbinted to be helft at Mr. Parnciys Meeting,
_ Eibtabury, Nov. 12 3 Mr: Stanger 10 preach in the morning, in caſe of
- failures Mr: Brawtford ; and Mr. Townſend” in the evening, in caſe of
2 "Miniſter who may be at Deal; Mr. Geldſmith to Ry the

wy "es W THitRN EVAROELICAL $0CIETY.

E third Meeting of this Suticr Þ. for of np fe the Goa in the -
e the F orthern 8 es, was held at ead in Cum.
_ Berjanid, A 13, 1800, when. public worſhip was 95 nt F.
1 ten, by . Mr. K 1 7 a Sermon preached by

ii Luke, x. 2, and the ſecond by Mr. Roberrſun;” fr n |
- > Irs. Alliſon and Collier 17 yed between and after ſermons

The Soe urned tilt four o'clock, when they met at Kitkoſwold,.
where they Tn the buſineſs of the Society with great harmony and

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rhe evening, . 20 ſeven o . Mr. K Ae at Kickofwold, from

| mn Ex v. 155 36, as did Mr. Ruſton ty wary
next meeting at Broughion the Leda edneſday i in Avgult 1807.
We underſtand that ſubſcriptions for this Society cofitinue to vi 7 05
5 the Treaſurer, R, Fiſhwick, Eſq. Newcaftle ypon Tyne; by: the
Whitfield, Hämſterſy, Darham; by Mr. Greentiow, Kendal ; by
James Biown,. 'Cockermouth'; and by James Neal, Efq- St. Paul's Church

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# was. held on Thurſday, the x8th,Sept. at Wincafiten; in Somerſeiſhire,

It. War low, the Paſtor of the Independent Congregation there, being a

3 ember of the Wilts Aſſociation. On that day the new and elegant
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Vas delivered in ihe morning by Mt. Dunn, of Bradford ; Mr. Jack ſon, of
arminſter, begun the Tervice with prayer; and Mr. Prieltley (late of |

- fer the morning feryice the ordinance of the Lord's 80 pper was adminiſ-
tefed ; Mr. Hey; of Briſtol, Mr. Hyatt, of Frome, and other minif ers, were
| bots engaged in the adminiftration=—the folemn- opportunity occakoned
again to ſay, © But it is/ good*for me 10 draw feat 7 0 God.
” During he afternoon ſervice the. miniſters helon ing to the aFocſarioi
8 the bufineſs which came before thei f 0 of Yeovil,
negun the afternoon ſervice with prayer; MIT. I Mbit, of London, preached;
Nx. Price, of e e Mr. Lewis, of Cherrif; Fave out the hymns.
Mt. Edwards, ef Wilton, begun the evening fervice with prayer; Mr. -
- preached ; Mr. Banilter, of Brin, eghcladed with prayer; Vir. War. |
Y bow read the hymns.
© ” Phe next meeting is to be held at Mr. Jackfon's meeting · houſt in War-
. _ was. the Wedneſday im Eaftet=weeky the TY after the .
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en attachment c the Goſpel of Cheik. 8 The query was amply,

the 1552 r. Drew, of Fulkſtone, preached. from Ifaitth, Ii. a |

- Tbve. "he j preſident concluded with + e addreſs and prayer. In

Yard, and * 8. Tut, No. 9 9 Taviſtock-ſireet, 8 e .

l Wilthce half.yearly Affocidtion of the FEI Tia.
5

atlhg-boule, Juſt finiſhed, was opened ; a. ſermon ſuited to the | 8 ccahon

Beal) concluded with the fame ; Mr, Warfow read the hytrms; AH ek ly .

1

Re ed - ORDINATIONS.” ans
"ly 25; DE. 1 rde Rev. Rohan From ate fugent OY

. ow was ordained at Dunmow, in Efſex. Mr. Morrell began with
and reading the pl ny Mr. Stevenſon, of Caſtle Heddin _ —
plained the nature 0 L churgh, | Mkedl the queſtions, an 9
the confeſſion of faith "Ke. horowgood,' of Bocking, prayed thes ih
| tion prayer; Mr. Brotkbank of N gave the” charge, from 1 4-20
vi. 11. © Oh man of God” Mr. Cooper, of Chelmsford offered vp
| F prayer; Mr. J. Jennings, of Thaxted, 7 reached a — emu
e people, from Pfaſm, exxxifi. .; and Mr. Chaplin, of . IT
BY out the'hymns, and concluded the ſervice.
_" Evening ſervice! Rev. Mir: Gaffee, of Hatfield Heath, pray ed ; and Mr,

Parry, tutor to the academy at Bymondly, preached from 2 Cor. IH, 8, be |

The, attendance al) day was e wt kar and Woe: Fee,
der not get within the place. e e
Tbürthy⸗ Au; F 800. th Rev n Aygh te — 0
On 1, 1800. the Rev, e

at the Rotherham a was ordained Paſtor of dhe (he to

; Church meeting in'Marſh Chapel, Neycaſtle-· under-Line. he 5

the day were conducted in the following manner: Mr. Kidd, of Cotting- 5

ham, in 1 (ho alio gave out all the hymns) began the rpornit

| ſervice with prayer and reading ſelect portivns' of ſeripture; Mr. Rob
Mancheſter, et vered the introducto Falleurtd, aſked the uſual q wr
and received the confeſſion of faith; I Scott, ar Matlock, then © re p

tlie ordination prayer ; 3 Williams, of Rotherham, | Mr. Kidd's Fu _

tutor) gave the charge, which was founded on 2 Tim. ji. 7. and Mr. Phil 7
lips (the ſecond tutor at Rotherham), concluded the morning ſervice with
prayer. In the evening met again at fix p'clock. After ſinging, Mr.,
Wilſon, of Drayton in Shropſhire,” e and read Heb. „Xiii.; and Mr.
Whpitridge, of Oſweſtry, (who was formerly pt ſor. of the church at News
_ caſtle) preached to the people from Deut. i. 38, “ Encourage him.“ The
whole was cloſed with the adminiſtration of the Lord's ſupper, at which
Mr. Scott preſided. Several members of the chvrch at Hanley, and indivi-
duals from other churches, united with that at 1 weaftle i in the celebration
of the ordinance. 0 pwards of twenty miniſters were preſent on the above
occaſion ; and it is hoped the Lord's preſence was: enjo oyed, and the various
ſervices rendered profitable to the people that were embled together.
Having been for ſome time without a ſet tled migiften, the congregatian was
in a low and declining ſtate when Mr, Kidd went there in. November laſt,
but ſince that time the Lord has ſmiled on them ; 3 Fu ee has ng.
plealing reyiyal of this work. N | The la

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Lately was ſet apart to the Paſtoral Office over the Independent Church.
of Chriſt, at Shaftion and Birdſbufh, in Dorſetſhire, the Rev, Thomas
iliams, Mr. Cracknel, of Wareham, began the ſervice. by prazer

and reading the ſcriptures; Mr. Adams, of Sarum, introduced the buſi-

veſs by ſtating the vature of a Gbſpel ordination, aſking the uſual quel-
tions, and receiving the confeſſion * faith ; Mr. Slaper, of Devizes, prayed

the ordination prayer, with impoſition of bands ; Mr. Bowden, of Toots

ing, and Mr, Worlow, of Wincanton, prayed. the interceſſory prayer, and
delivered the charge Mr. Edwards, of Wilton, preached the ſermon; and .
Mr. Sedcole, of Swanage, concluded the whole with prayer.
In the evening a ſermon was preached ataBirdſbuſh, by Mr. dale
890d of Dorcheſter, and 9 engaged in prayer.
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effect upon the mind. of her ſon, Anat. after waſting Eis
vautli in idienefs, he entered at e year og, into the”
Royal Artilierys, 8 8 privite- ſoldler. In that tuation he!
vied; With his compades in yurious Kinds fipronigacy; Paß!
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442 xu LIFE OF THE REV, Joun bens.

L Th in Foreign Parts ** and his character was bearing im.
| moral. That Society, which has but too often been miſ-

taken, in the perſons it oi £55/1 was howeyer more ha

in ons, 2 AA Ua SI r

bo aha a C 5
boy BEE IEEE e inhabitant of b nk þlz t place 50 ac-
pF ak to read a ſermon, on a Lord's-day: evening, te to his,

family, and a fewo his heig hbours attended | Some young:

men from Poble, in Dor ſetthire, who had been accuſtome

. © to lead the ſinging in Mr. Afühurner's congregation, pro-

poſed to introduce this part of ;worl th. n addition to the

£ family lecture; and the nbtice if attra ed was fo general,

that the inhabitants determined to build; A 5 £5 oh, f warthip,
and to apply far A miniſter from Evgtatid

time only one in the Iſland, beſide

John's, . They Mr

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and fo fils our 150 defires,

eing at that |

1 | Fate Mr. Cou ghlan, + te * unti mgdon'
Connexion u Ente them byrti Society befoye-m el |

meſsto the coflver-

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bymbardier, and corporal; And his exemplary conduct, fab. |

| ſequent to his converſion, recummended him ſo Rfongly to

his commanding, officers; that he- was iintruited with” very
charge compatible with his ſtation. Upon his return ta

Newfoundland, he had at once to fill the poſts of ſerfeant- \

—

major quarter · maſter, pay- maſter, and Clerk to the company

of Artillery. Being thereby entitled to the occupation of

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a ſeparate room, a: pious ſerjeant of the company and his
x family ſhared it with him; and they maintained ſocial wor-
_ ſhip.twice a day, and more publicly on the Lord's-day even-
ing, When ux _—_ eee both N the (garriſon _

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and the town, of $t."Jahu's.; He, gead to them printed dic.

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_ cpurles, and fix. of teven: perſons joined in ſociety with him.
They even obtained from. the magiſtrates the uſe of the

Court Houſe-at the Harbour, for their Lord's-day evening

4

worſhips. during, the winter, which ſeaſon the Goyeruor
(who is uſually an Admiral) neren England. In
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the bande pra. when th

e Goyernor returned, this in-
Jrapvn from them, through the influence

of the Clergy man at St. John's. On this gentleman's mi-

dulgence was with

niſtry, although. far from evangelical, they had. ſteadily at-

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tended; but be then determined upon meeting together

eack part of the Loxd's:day.: and the town's pegple being at
length;excluded from Mr, ]'s room in the barracks,” he met
with them, during the ſummer, in the bpen air, upon the,
rþighbouring barfen hills; exhoxting them from portions of
ſcripture, 28 he had hegun to de hiſe they met in thę Court
Houle. "This mode of afſembling being i

che winters, which: are extremely, geld, they determined,
although” deftitute-of. p |

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e woods

3

.which moſt gf the Iſlandjis coveredy they

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ing impracticahle inn
of. property, 19 attempt. erecting a mall /

place of bt and having cut down,lome flight trees in

. "=P ©) Ft
raed their,

building, chiefly hythe labour of their own hands,,;

in the ſpring of 1777, on a ſpot of ground of which they had.

obtainef.a..leaſa, & chamber belonging to one of their ſo-
cjety had .ſhelters them during the winter, and they had.

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His auſterity; phibited/the! farviet/oke of it for wit

andi reſtricted their meetings to Mf. Js private as . |
* was thereby ſo much e that he Would have- 5

which then conſiſted of nie n members. Their privileges”
were, however, reſtored" to them®the followi ing year; the,
Admiral having found that ins cb duet had attracted more.
notice and cenſure in the Mother C ouptry thin he expected.
From that period Mr. II. larly adini inifteret, to them the
_ ordinances of Chriſt, preach 16d'to e W e 1 op. we
Lord's-day, and every other ſabbath 1 3 me,
place two miles diſtant. © He alſo pt 1 5 at Sr. 1
3 one evening befides'in the week and met ther other two
| -eveningsfor prayerand religious' conyerſation.” ite church,
which was then regularlyiconftifhited; had uy mual increaſe ,
Wy of members for ſeverat following and, not,

2

movaſs of the ſoldiers, many P int awakened under
Nx. Jis miniſtry, the "communicants'y nalty were from ſe⸗
venty to eighty perſons. Among tlieſe were a fe officers
in his Majeſty's ſervice, a rip wn: ſons of ſome teſpeRabilit NY
«Ine town, but 8 we ithe' For to: "whom the Go
8 was made powerful unto {al alvation. 25
The leafe Which they Had pr 7
which they built, being for a thbrt te th
/-eitchiftadices having- rc Is ſow, that ner d been Alte
to diſcharge but a fall part of the debt contradted on the

= ground, and tõ erect a more commodious place of worſhip.
;

and in various parts of the country, this was accompliſhed ;

for his character, that they were eager to commit their

| ion, well qualified and diſpoſed to ſecond his benevolent

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turned to England, hut forth entreaties H the little „

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. withſtanding: numerous lofles.: "chiefly By the Ty re- ;

account, Mr: Jones made art.a pplicatio to the Rev. 8. —
Greatheed, and ſome other webs characters in England,
who perſonally knew him, for aſſiſtance to purchaſe ſome |

Through the liberality of pious people in London, at Poole, |

and an adjoining tenement, containing ſmal{ apartments for i
Mr. Jones, and à veſtry, was alfo provided. The latter,
apartment was occupied by him as a ſchool-room ; the in-
— gay of all religious perſuaſions, having ſo high a re-

f dren to his care. Mr. J. ſoon found an affiſtant neceſ-
— and was ſo happy as i meet with perſons, in ſucceſ.

exertions. . All the children, although many of their pa-
rents were Roman Catholics, attehded family worſhip daily,
learned the Aſſembly's Catechiſm,” which at ſtated times

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rlods were publicly examined in branches of common edu-

cation, greatly to the ſqlit faction of the 2 inhabitants,
and to the credit of. the Cauſe of Chrt „ h

.

When Mr. J. obtained his difmiffion from the Artilleryj*

it was greatly againſt the inclination/of his military patrons;

who: confidered him as entitled by his paſt conduct to a
licutenancy of Invalids, and engaged tliemſelves to obtain
for him that promotion, if he would remuin in the ſervice.
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Eſtee ming the reproach of Clirift a greater honout, he per-

ſiſted in His deſire to withdraw; and with his diſchargef re-
ceived the appointment of a very ſmall penſion, as uſual in
ſuch caſes. With this trifling addition to the inadequate

ſupport that the Swe. thy Arias could raĩſe for him; in à place

where every article of proviſion, excepting fiſh, is enor-

_ - otiſly dear, he ſubſiſted, deſtitute of almoſt every conve-
nience, yet -parting with the very neceſſaries of Hfe to

perſons around him, who were more in want than himſelf.

His zeal for the utility of the ſchool induced him not only _
to remit to the poor the expence of inſtruction, but to give

up what he received from others in order to ſupport the!

affiſtant teacher. His ſituation, When made known to ſe
veral pious and liberal perſons in England, excited their
ſympathy; fo that beſide” their donations to the building,

they generouſly contributed annually toward the comforts of |
his advancing - years, which were doubtleſs by this help ex-

| tended to a later period, and rendered more uſeful than they

could otherwiſe have been. He was alſo frequently aſſiſted

in his efforts to promote the knowledge of Chriſt, by gifts
of religious publications from the Book Society at London,

which he diligently” diſtributed, not merely among his ig -
norant neighbours, but to remote parts of Newfoundland.
where the inhabitants were deſtitute of all other means of

inſtruction, and eagerly ſought for this advantage. It was

only at Harbour Grace; and in its vicinity on the weſtern
ſide of Conception Bay, that a glimpſe of Goſpel light was

i difceraible, except at St. John's, throughout a country

nearly as large as Ireland. The fruits of Mr. Coughlan's
labours remained in that ſpot; but the clergymen ſent out
as his ſucceſſors, were no better than the greater part of the
inſtruments employed by the Society for propagating the
Goſpel, and the place built by the inhabitants for public
worthip, unhappfly fell into their hands. Fhe /pjritual
help which tlie pious people received; has been partly from
the Engliſh Methodiſt connexion, and partly from the vo-
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' lugtary: labours of ſerious perſons in buſineſs, who refided

io Cogesption Bay. Some of the Methodist preachers eker.
| - | tended their ſervices: to different parts of the N. E. coaſt
-_ of-the land, where they | a few ſocieties, but could

not continue with any of them long enough to lay a proper

foundetion for future uſefulneſs. Mr. Jones, though him-

| ſelf a desided Calviniſt in ſentiment, maintained friendly
And uſeful interconurſe with all who loved their common

Lund; vißted them when poſſidle, and when viſited by

them gladly admitted to his bouſe, his communion, and bis

| \ pulpit, any of his brethren in Chriſt, At che ſame time, if

tiere appeared danger that fentiments, which he regarded

| » ' Ag-Erroneous, might take root among his people, he dill»

- gently appaſed them in an open and candid manner. |,

„ A member of his church, named George Brace, who
| kept a fiſhing boat, and viſited ſeveral of the ſmal} har-
bourg at ſome diſtance from St. John's, was ſtirred up, ſeven.

C6, eigbt years fince, to attempt inſtrucing and exhorting =
tze poor ignorane inhabitants; and at one of theſe places,

called Portugal Cove, on the eaſt-ſide of Conception Bay,

| | [. 1 abaut thirteen miles over land from St. Joln's, the Lord re-
markahly bleſſed his engeavours to the converſion of ſinners.
tue god man's concern for their ſouls induced him, after

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along the paths through the woods, greatly impeding their
hort wholly depended, proving for ſome following years

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taining. alſo acceſs to a place called Torbay, nine miles
north of St. John's, he afterwards viſited each ſmall con-
gregation in turn; and Mr. J. when: he could have oppor-
— tunity, went to adminiſter the Lord's ſupper to thoſe Who
afforded evidence of converfian, the difficulties ef travelling

interoourſęe. The fiſhing ſeaſons, upon which Brace's ſup-

free. ſchool eſtabliſhed, Which, together with his own

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afford the hap jeſt proſpect of effectual benefit to the ring
generation. Both theſe inſtitutions have been hitherto 8
rted with increaſing credit and utility.
Ihe former part of Mr. ]'s- miniſtry had been cupoſed
do great trials, through the © e of perſons in autho-
rity, and the licentiouſnels of a diforderly rabble ; both in-
ſtigated by the perſevering malice of ſeveral ſucceſſive |
clergymen, ill deſerving the title, or the maintenance 6f
Niffionaries. The late excellent Admiral Campbell, and
ſome ſubſequent Governors, extended to Mr. J. their fa-
vour and protection, his well eſtabliſhed character having
recommended him to general eſteem. As impartial rulers,
in a country where no form of religion is fupported by
Government, they admitted the free excrciſe of religious
worſhip in every mode; and the Roman Catholics have alfo
had, for more than ten years paſt, a place of worſhip, and
an- officiating prieſt, - As the violence of. oppoſition to Mr.
Js. miniſtry ſubſided, other trials aroſe, the ſevereſt of
which to his feelings was, the declenſion of ſome reſpect-
able members of his church, whoſe conduct obliged him,
after much forbearance and affectionate remonſtrance, to
exclude them from communion.” Of late years, growing
infirmities, the conſequences of his youthful diſſipation, his
military and local hardſhips, and his unintermitted labours in
the Goſpel, gradually affected his miniſtrations, and brought
upon him, in 1799, a paralytie ſtroke, which interrupted
and debilitated his exertions. Toward the end of February
1800, his diſorder rapidly increaſed, and indicated a ſpeedy
diffolution; but hie was ſtrong in faith and ſeemed carneſtiy
deſirous to depart, and to be with Chriſti On the Taſt evening

of that month ſeveral friends viſited him, and, at his re-

queſt, tliey ſung, Now begin the heavenly theme,“ and
George Brace ſpoke in prayer. He, and two other perſons,
ſaid all the night; during which, they, heard Mr. ]. as 1
preaching, very diſtinctly inforce the neceſſity of faith in

Chriſt, and of good works as the fruit and evidence of
faith; reciting in ſupport of his affertions, as he ſometimes

did in his lectures, the 12th article of the Church of Eng-
land. "Theſe were the laſt words he was heard to utter;
and in this ſenſe, a wiſh he had often expreſſed, to die
preaching, was fulfilled.” About four o'clock the next
morning he expired without emotion, or any change of ap-
pearance.

He had repeatedly enjoined that the leaſt poſſible expence
mould be incurred at his burial; and, on this condition,
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allowed, at his requeſt, to arrange the funeral proceedings.

Phe reſident Clergyman, who perfortns divine lervice one
part of the Lord's-day at the meeting houſe, as the church
is rebuilding, preached there on the occaſion, 4th March,
nearly two thouſand perſons; attending. From the latter

clauſe of Job. vii. 21, he urged the timely exerciſe of love
to others before they were removed from us; dwelt upon

+the excellence of Mr. ]s example, and enforced the truths

that had been ſo ſolemnly delivered from that place, where
he had himſelf often attended the miniſtry of the deceaſed. -
Ihe order intended for the proceſſian to the grave was

ſome what deranged by a ſevere fall of ſnow. The pall
was ſupported by two Colonels in the army, and four prin-

eipal gentlemen of the town; and the whole 9 8 5 of

Artillery in the Garriſon luntarily attended, heing only
revented by his own exprets defire from ſhewing military
Þonvurs to their former comrade. It is probable, that, not-
withſtanding the various diſddvantages with which Mr. J.
entered upon his miniſtry, no perſon ever died more unj-

verſally reſpected, or more ſincerely regretted... Without
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from the pulpit were highly inſfructive and impreſſive, the
ſubjects of them being uſually adopted from the cloſeſt atten-

tion to the ſtate of bis hearers:., minds, and -tieir delivery
being marked with genuine humility, profound ſeriouſneſs,
and fervent aflection. The preacher. often ſeconded his
admonitions with tears, and drew them from the eyes of
his audience. If either in his concluſions or his purpoſes,
the accuracy of his judgment might ſometimes be quèſtion-
ed, no doubt could at any time reaſonably be entertained of
his integrity and benevolence His fear of expoſing the
Goſpel to reproach, by any real or fuppaſed inconſiſtency
in his condyt, bordered indeed upon an extreme. The
_ warmth of his affections, laid him open to prejudices, in
Tome inſtances, reſpecting' the characters of individuals;
and his deep ſenſe of inſufficiency, and the tender concern

. he felt for the goud of ſouls, ſubjected him at times to de-
ſpandency. Without aiming to palliate human infirmity, or

to exaggerate amiable qualities, he might, with eminent pro-
pariety, haye made ule. of that appeal which the Apoſtle
Paul addreſſes to the Theſſalonians, as to the tenor of his

miniſtry and conduct, 1 Epiſt. ii. 3—12. |

10 The church of Chriſt at St. John's, the whole congrega-
tion, and the inhabitants at large, have by his death ie
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| E worthip on the Lord's- day has fince been conducted
by a pious perſon belonging to the Artillery, named William
'Torie, formerly a local preacher among the Methodiſts in
England. George Brace, who continues to viſit the neigh-
bouring ſettlements on the Sabbath, takes a ſhare in the

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weekly ſervices. | The church has earneſtly applied to the

Directors of the Miſſionary Society, to recommend a ſuit-
able perſon to them as a paſtor; and it is hoped that the

Lord will direct to ſome young miniſter like- minded to his
predeceſſor, whoſe zeal will be excited to endure hardſhips

in ſo important a ſituation. e
. * _ FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES,
00 is infinitely gracious,, and in the diſpenſations of

T his mercy, has ſet us an example how to forgive

ers who bave at any time injured or offended us. When |
he pardons an offender, he does it /u{ty. * Having for-

given you all treſpaſſes I freely 1 5 thee all that debt
remember no more.“
This example we muſt imitate. If we cannot ſorgive

others, we muſt not expect ti be forgiven ourſelves. This

was once urged upon a dy ing man, who had lived in malice

for ſometime paſt. He was told that he could not be faved
if he did not forgive the offender. _ ** Then, ſaid he, *.if {7
die I will forgive him, but if not, I will not forgive him!” It is

to be feared that too many feel the ſame diſpoſition with that
dying man, though they do not expreſs themſelves ſo openly.

We muſt expect to, meet with offences in this world.
Our Lord, who perfectly knew the human heart, declared
that offences mu/? needs come: and ten thouſand facts have

demonſtrated the truth of this aſfertion. They are ſuffered

by the providence of God to give an opportunity for the

exerciſe of meckneſs, patience and forgiveneſs. We do

well therefore to remember that we are pardoned for Chriſt's

fake alone, and that we ought to be

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ſame ground to pardon others. | 1

A forgiving temper is not forward to notice an offence,
but paſſes by many. An unforgiving temper is always ſuſ-

picious and jealous, and fees multiplied offences where none

were deſigned. A forgiving temper. forgets old affairs;

things which tranſpired months or years ago, it ſcorns repeat-

ing. An unforgiving temper retains them, brings them

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laſh of cenſure, and feels a fecret ſatisfaction to ſee his
character lie bleeding in tlie duſt! O infernal temper, 5
0 ; ich ee bd Bagg, guilt! 5

Reader, haſt thou been offended? act the noble part of that

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A forgiving temper” looks conſtantly at home, and finds
enough to lament there. An unforgiving temper looks
mul abroad, and feeks food for itſelf in the failings of the
neighbourhood. A forgiving temper is eaſily and ſoon r t-
-conciled, like the Prodigal's father; but an unforgiving
tempet is harder to be won than a ſtrong city. Finally, a

forgiving temper carries the offender in prayer to Jeſus -

Chriſt; but an unforgiving temper carries him in reprehen- -

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ſource of innumerabte miſeries and accumulated

philoſopher who, having been offended, haſtened to the
offender, and ſouglit reconciliation; urging his oint with

: weighty arguments, and at length gaining it with this reply, |

% Your kindneſs has overcome me, E was the firſt to give

the Fence, and your are the firſt to ſcek reconciliation.” _

ITbe word expreſsly enjoins a benevolent diſpoſition.

we are not imitators of God, but negligent of the nobleſt

-pattern exhibited in the divine character. The kindneſs
of. God has made but ſmall impreſſion on thoſe-who remain
unkind to their fellow creatures. If God fo loved us, we A

4 Be ye merciful, as your heavenly Father is alſo merciful.”
If we indulge an irreconcilable diſpoſition towards others,

ought allo to love one another.” -Znmzty is a partition wal!

between man and man; which it is the deſign of the Goſpel
io demoliſh. Good-will is the genius of the Goſpel, but

implacable revenge is the temper of the Devil. A forgiving
15 doth not exclude our ſenſibility of injuries, but a keen

Chriſtian forgiveneſs is not a mere moral virtue, but it is

a benevolence and gentſeneſs of mind inſpired by the Spirit 5

pf God. The fruit of the Spirit is peace, long-ſuffering, gentle-

_ nefs, & c. It is not a politic concealment of wrath for want
pf opportunity to vent it. This is carnal policy, not Chriftian 8 4
will be even with him,” faith Nature: 1

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will be above him,” ſaith Grace. It is the glory of a Chriſ-

Hon in obedience to the will of God. This proclaims to
model the human heart. It is the glory of the pagan mo-
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fality, that it can hide mens luſts and eyſl paſſions : but the

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ſenſe of injuries adds both grace and dignity to the ſacred

tian, and a credit to his profeſſion, to paſs over a tranſgreſ-

all the excellence of Chriſtianity, a religion which can new

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dat deſtroy theſe evils. It is the firſt office of jaſtics to injure
no man; and it is the. glory of . e to 9 an injury.
To receive evil and to return n to bg to he ed and to return
a bleſſing, this is religion; is that —0 ſs which the

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O what guilt lies on many for indulging a ſpirit of revenge
in one way or another | No wrong that any man does to
us can juſtify the wrong we do to God by our diſobe-
dience. Let us live by faith upon Chriſt, the- pattern of
meekneſs, and be kind one to another, forgiving one an-
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HE nature, excellency, and uſefulneſs & the que bf
faith is the 0 concerning whic ch T'ds yet owe. you.
8 tber account of thoughts ; and O that I. while
Tam writin ing. and yo 9 , While you are reading bf it, might
each of us find; throu oh the powerful workings of the Spirit.
18 us, an deere off at precious grace, that we may be ſtrong '
' 3b" believing,” Sing ho s gloty ty to God, ard that our confolations.
Way be ſtron alſo! or as the faith is weak or ſtron the com-
fort is. If I 278 not, in ons letter I ſhewed how Fim; is the
eye of che fon by which we look unte Chriſt as the pot
bug Ifraclites Wd 5. the bragen ſerpent my; up upon the
„ and thereby receive à cure from him.
- faith in another caſ#,* * the body is not one
bo fo faith is not one member but many.
were an eye, where were the hearing?” So if faith were

our eye only, and nothing elſe; what Thogld we do for. other”

" Inſtruments of ſpiritual life and motion ? Behold, therefore,

| how faith, beſides being our eye, is—2d, our. foor, by which |

we come to Chrift, an expreſſion often uſed in ſcripture, E. g.

- 6 come unto me, + that i is, believe in me ;þ t him that cometh fo

me, that is, believeth in me, J will in ug wiſe caſt out.”

By unbelief we depart from the living God by faith we
come ta him by Chriſt, 5 and without him there is no coming:
for he is the way, the true, and living, and only way; all that
are out of him are out of the way. And it is our hand alſo,
by which we receive him T © To as many as received him, to
them gave he power to become the ſons of God, even to them.
| that believe on his name;“ where believing is the ſame with
receiving. In the goſpel God offers him to us freely, graciouſly,

to be our Prince and Saviour, to be the Lord. our righteoul-

nefs, to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify us to him-
ſelf. When we do heartily by faith. cloſe. with that offer, and
©. accept of him to be ours, he becomes ours—we have union
with him, relation to him, benefit by him. But then, 20ly,
there is another act of faith put forth at the ſame time by a
hand, which is the giving act, whereby we give our ſouls 10
bim, to be his, to love him, and ſerve him, and live to him.

+ Matth. xi. 28. 1 John vi. 37.
5 os 2h Vile 8 hog q John i. 12.
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9 x Cor. xii. 14. |
1 Heb. iii. 12.

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ſouls to the Lord.? T7 Without this; our receiving is not right. 1
| There'is a faith that is ane-Panded—-receives, but gives not; this
will not ſave. They tttat cbme to Chriſtifor eſt; and ra-
ceivs Chriſt, muſt take his yoke upon them, and learn of m.
4. It ie che möuch of the ſcul, by which we feed upon him,
and are nouriſhed by him. Except ye eat his fleſh and drink
cannot be ſaved. Add this, in the moſt lively manner,
repreſents to us what it is to believe. To believe is, when a
| yu ſoul, being made ſenſible of its loſt and undene condition
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bear before, God! O for a pardon for hat is paſt. l O for grace .

and ſtrength io do fo no more] And hearing by the repor! of
the Goſpel, and believing that report, that all this and a great

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man, if thou wilt accept of him! Accept of him Lord, I ac-
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and 13 blood is drink indeed. O taſte and ſee that he is gra-

ment doth the ſoul find by his ſuffering and dying to redeem,

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How ſweet are his promiſes! What in ward refreſh- _

and fave! How is it thereby firengthened as by btead, and.

made glad as by wine? We muſt, and do, each of us eat for

ourſelyes and drink for ourſelves: my eating will not refreſh.
another nor ſtrengthen another; neither will iny believing.
The juſt ſhall live by faith, his own faith. Od en
tures die io make food for our bodies, and to maintain natural

life, but then we mult take them, and eat them, and digeſt
them; and having done ſo they turn into nouriſhment for us,

and ſo become ours that they and we cannot be parted again.

It is ſo in believing ; Chriſt died to make food for our ſouls,
and not thereby to maintain only, but to give ſpiritual life

(which natural food doth not to the body). , But then we muft
fake and feed on him, that is, make a particular application of

him to our ſouls, and i done ſo, nothing ſhall, nothing

can ſeparate us from him. O that unto us it might be more

well: the Lord in mercy ſpare you to the good of many! 1

do alſo ſympathize with you in the great loſs you mention,

+ 2 Cor. viii. 838g. I John vi. ;
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R Erfking 1. 90 5 paſſage”: acroſs the dp? of Forth
between L eith inghorn, whey he found Lioſelt |
mpg, who were paſſengers. |

with him i in the ſame. veſſel, It grievded him exceedingly to

hear the name 'of the great God. pe petually profaned : the
good old MIO: Was, at len , F that he could bear it

np longer; but riſing ſuddenly from. his ſeat, arid taking hold
ol. the maſt, he uncovered his head, waved Kh hat i in. the air,
and cried out aloud-—Hallo ! Hallo! Hallo ! as if he, had feen
ſomeè object at a diſtance. The company was ſtruck, and. all

was ſilence and attention.

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maſt; covered his head; and ſat down. At fieſt, the gid
pany, began to elbow. each ötller, then to "iter; at Laſt
broke outinto.a jou laugh.” In a int time their Sn derten.
became 2 as bad of worſe than bef6re: © Above all the reſt; ent-"
nent ja" wickedneſs, was a lady who fat juſt oppoſite Mr.
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name al Mt every ſenterice; accompanied with fte ef 8 2
riſion and contempt, deſigned t to mortify this man of God.
The longsſuffering and infinitely mefeffal Father. of the” +

_ univerſe ſeldom interpoſes, even in ſuch flagrant inſtances of

profanity as this, but here was an exception; when, "what .
braring his word could not, terror ſpon” effected. They pro-
ceeded in their voyage till they came between the Iſland, and:
the High- Tard ö the other ſide, hen a ftortr fuddenly aroſe,
the ſea, began to ſwell, and tie heavens, become black- with,
clouds, ſeemed to;threaten vengeance upon the guilty cr ew,
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their e uQ and countenances.'-; The tempeſt raged: t
danger was immipent: the Kipper, no longer able to hold *
helm, pronounced their doom to he certain and immediate
death. When, the lady, wbhoſę gaiety was no turned into the
tertors of death, ſprang acroſs the boat, elaſped her arms around...
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ſiusſions) from the pulpit of the Rev: Thomas Hillya4d, paſtor of the In-
dependent Congregation z © whoſe place the author had been engaged,
previouſly to the appointment of the ſubje&, to ſupply at the time when it
was preached.” *Excepting a few obleryations of general Import,” whi
have been added, it reſembles as neatly What was then delivered, as the
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| mation it conbeys relative to Mr. C. and by the judicious obſervations, |
with which. it it zccompanied, and which flow naturally from the text, *Y

_ Iaiah lv, 3,9. For my thoughts are not as your thoughts,” K. N
Mr. G. firſt hs the words. in a general view, by contraſting the 2
thoughts and ways pf God and wan, to he in different points of ern - ©

the infinite ſuperiority of the former; and then conſiders the ſubject in re.

ference to the extraordinary experience of the deceaſed ; and kroch "this „5

part of the diſcourſe we: colle$ the Ronny : Aber, telative to Mr. +

C. cho was diſtinguiſhed in the literary wor % bis learning and poe is © "4

nius, and in the religious world by his piety and mental ſuffering.

Fer Tie ect he of 1 late friend Soy the ranfient ſcenes of os liſes -

apparently led to a kind of eminence very different from that to which hs

_ attained, Boin of amiable an reſpectable parents, of noble affinity,

and connefted with perſons of great worldly influence, his advajicement

in temporal affluence and honour ſeemed to demand no extraorditiary

mental endowmenits. His openiug genius diſcovered, however, a capacity”

for elegant literature; and he enjoyed the beſt adyantages for improvement
in ſo pleaſing a purſuit, With uncommon abilities, he poſſefled a mo

amiable temper; and he betame not only the darling of his relations, but

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beloved and admired by his aſſociates in education 3 ſome of whomy with
inferior 1 have ſince riſen to diſtinguiſhed reputation, and even to

the higheſt profeſſjonal rank. Rut the towering hopes that were naturally 9
built on ſo flattering a ground, were undermined at an early period. From ji
*| childhood, during which our late friend loft a much. loved poet, Jig 1

| ſpirits were always very tender, and often greatly dejected. His natural!
n difidence, and depreffion of mind, were increaſed to a moſt diſtreſſing de- N
g - gree, by the turbulence of his elder comrades at the molt celebrated (
i public ſchool in the kingdom. And when, at mature age, be was ap- 1
6 pointed to a lucrative and honoucable ſtation in the Law, he ſhrunk with Þ}
5 the greateſt terror, flom the appearance which it required him to make.
5 before the upper houſe of parſliament. Several affecting circumſtances i
concurred to'increaſe the agony of his mind,” and corppell.d his friends to tl
confent to his relinquiſhing his office. ' It was reſigned, and with it his |

| flattering proſpects vaniſhed, and his connexions with the world diffolved, - |
A (triking inſtance of the inſtability of earthly hopes, and the inſufficiency
of human accomplimments to promote even &mporal comfort! Far other
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burden to himſelf, and an indiſpe ofable (art cb- to diving juſtice.”
5 ut The. became at length familiar with Uelpait, and ffered it to be alle-
=_ jated by.conyerſa ion with a*pious and humane Þhylician at St. Alban's,
1 * whoſe care he had happily been laced. Fig 78 to take. ſome,
=_ : ſure in ſharing daily the domeſtic wor which Was audably practiſel
2 y Dr. Cotton 3 and 15 found relief from his deſpair; by reading in the
N Kere 9 e God hath ſet forth Chriſt Jeſus: ta he a propitiation,
©, throvgh "Faith s blood, to declare his righteouſneſs. tor the remiſſion of
as hat ure WY 888 the forbesrance ot, God.“ Rom. 1 i. 28. While
_ miegitating upon. this paſſage, he obtained a clear vie y of the Goſpel, |
mie was attended- with, -upſpeskable joy. His : ſubſequent. days, werg
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Vas enabled to retain, notwithſtanding reyiving ſtruggles of the corrup-
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Re enjoyed in the proſitable converſation of his belovedphyſician, induced tum
to prolong. his ſtay. at St. Alban' s for twelvemonths after his 8
Having determined upon renouncing his profeſſion of the law, he retired,
rſt to Huntingdon, and twoor.three years after ward to this place, (Olney)
in order to indulge, amidſt rural ſcenes, thoſe religious pleaſures and pccu-
pations, which experience had taught him to valoe far above all that ne
polite, or the buſy, world, conld afford. | |
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Plalmitz, Het“ kneeled three ee 4 e prayed, aud gave thanks 5
before ſijs God, in xetitement, be ecuſan H Ntact ice of, domeſtic © -
worſhip. His mind was ſtayed upon 1 0 drang far an unuſual cgurſt- of -
years, it was kept, in perfect peace. The corrupt. diſpoſitions vuhich have
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bim. © His hyzms,; moſtly written: during lis part of bis ljjey deſer be
the general tenor of his ĩhoughts and their occaiianal | wanderings, with a
force of expreſſion; diftated by the livelineſs of his feelings»; 'While-his
attainments inthe love gf God were thus eminent, you, my 8 |
teſtify the exergplary. lope. that he praiſed, toward his: neighbour. | To a
conduct void ot offene toward any individual, and marked with peculiar 575
kindneſs to all who:feares God, was added a beneficence fully proportioned
to his ability, and exęrpiſed with the greateſt; modeſty, and diſcretion. +
«© A ſadreverſe of circumſtances now; drew near, aud le had a ꝓraſentiment
of it; when, walking in the, fields, he compoſed chat. ENCE: _ hymn,
God moves in a myſterious way, & .. 3
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ceaſed ſo long trod. „, Many have viſited (fays he) its gloomy entrance,
and ſome have been a a "tecious white, bewildered! i in it, but nofle withif my
knowle ge, has traced; LO he did, it? s Whole extent. The ſteps, by which
he deſcended to it, wer Fadden; and awfully precipitous, - Phe bright, -
yet ſerene Juſtre, which had uſually i marked the road thas led tim to the
Lamb, ” was ſucceeded by. impenetrable darkneſs. , frer the cleareſt
views of the love of God, and the expanſion of heart which he had enjoyed
m his ways, his mind became obſcured, confuſed, and diſmayed. He con:
cluded, as too manyother s have done under ſo ſenſible a change, and as the
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ful eſſays ; but theſe interyals-were extremely tranſent, In genera],
are the evident dictates of that reverence for God, that eſteem

4 | ; 15 for the Os Goſpel, and that benevolence toward fellow creatures, which cha-

racteriſed his Tamiliar-convertation.' Sometimes his thoughts in compoſi-
on glanced upon the ſubje& he deſigned to avoid ; and nothing can afford
amor Sf picture of bimſelf, than the following, lines is 2 ee o

n

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a anne cloſe conceal'd; and ſee A fiatuemover
5 8 + Lipsbu y, and eyes fix'd; foot Falling flow; -* =
Arms hanging 5 down, hands clajp'd e .
Arete. to 5 marking eye diſtreſs, 5
Such as its /pmptoms can alone ex 4 0 ET 5
That tongue is ſilent now; that ſilent tongue N
Conkt argue once, could jeſt or join the fongs ©
Code giye advice, could cenſure or 8 8
Or charm the ſorrows of a drooping friend.
Renounc'd alike its office and its ſport, Root wh
Its briſker and its graver ſtrains fall — tt ORs
Both fail beneath à fever's ſecret wa,
' And, like a ſummer brook, a n_ ys | 4

2 This is a fight for pity to peruſe
Dill che reſemble fyntly * the views: |

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— contraſt which his own fituation and proſpetts pre 2s *

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cle Tin mpethy e contrast a kindred pain,

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t conditfon of his mind, during the Tait
vieinh which N were the FEY

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abquilition of 4 [mall portröit of
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dwn'exprefſions,. in a poem writ

was decaſſofled OP the une

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85 from port withheld, always diſtreſs e
E howling winds drive. rH has WW Er

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it. oh, the thought, that thou arr (afe, and g
That thought is Joy, arrive what may to me. 5 1 er en

b 3 ipal pleifurethat ous excellent neighbour appeared to be e.
| pl was indeed that Which he derived ſrom the happineſs *
of others. Iaſtead of being provoked to diſcontent and envy by contraſt-

ble of receiving, was

ing their oomforts with his on afflictions, there eyidentiy wat, Hot a be-

nefit that he knew to be ,enjoyed- by pthers, which did 3 him ſen« |

ible latis faction, not a offering they endured, that did not add tu his
To the liappineſs of them ho were 1 with opportunities 5
ing their eſteem for, him, he was moſi tenderly 4 8 1 The advancement

_ of the knowledge of Chriſtin the worldar. large was e tis

and whatever concerned the:general welfare of mank ind was: intereſting to

him, ſecluded as he was frum the public, and in common from religious

ſociety. In like manner from . bis diſtant retreat, be viewed-with, painful
ſenſat ions the .progre(s of infidelity; and oſ lin in evety aper. His love
io God, though unaſſiſtrd hy a hope of divine farour, was iovariably.ma- |

nileited; by an abhorrence of every thing that he thought diſh rable 10
the a and a delight in . Fre 3 10 7 — 11 85
„His Hmpathiziog and admiring friends were ſo diy chericbing athope,
that ie diminosiom ot his tufferings, which was appatent 4 tar ſeveral ſur.
ceſſive years, would at length reſult in his reſtoration to ſpititunl peace and
joy. - Alt though advanced in years, his health, by. means ofiregalar exer-

ciſe and additiphal ſociety, was not only | preſerved, hut (even; feemed | to

improve, notwithſtanding the root of his bitterneſs evidenely-ſtill remained.
Amidſt flattering expectations, the Lord permitted ſomg-alfeRing events to
revive his diſtreis in all its force, and to plunge him again into diſtraction

and def; ecation. He declined all mental or bodily-exertion, aud: rejected -
all at: empts. at friendly conſolation; nay, he conceived his tendereſt friends

to be transformed by the powers 'of darkneſs into confpiraters againſt his

welfare. (Expetting every hour to be his laſt out of endleſs torments,

nothing ſhort of his horrible proſpect could attract his notice ſor an inſtant.
He refuſed, day.after — his neceſſary food; and imminent danger ap-
eared of his ſpeedy; departure out of life, in 'fo dreadful a ſtate of mind.
at the Lord, who — 45 cd daſned the riſing hopes of his friends, now merci-

fu! oY diſappointed air fears, His 2295 0 . was extended; and
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light. Is it morg Aon ing, that the Lord, env oa he had ſo e
known, and loved wad fer ved ang hole hotibyr he Was > — 1 wo.
fied to promote, ſhouk leave him to ſufferinge le 8 175 ſevere ; or that
through ſuch an exteht of time, he ſhoiildcontiniually preſerve im) t ough

deſtitute of hope and · of 'pence, from natural or violent idle 0 Me |

the moſt ſurpriſin umſtanve is, that without” encourage,
for divine 2 95 help; he Mould ſtill have been kept from _
ans that, al he viewed: the Lords in relation to him een
eee judge, be yet retained a holy, reverence for his 1 agealouy
43gard-for his glvty,c.and; an un timited-fobmifſion to his will. In. — 4
NS contemplate'this © buſh chat burued with fires and; that
_ not tooſumed,?-we cannot hut acknowledge, that 5. eder 3
Doc. are unſtare habe, and his ways paſtfinding out.
During che laſt; year, or two, of Mr. Comperth life, his health and bis
| Ante ming appeared to be as much neftoreds us for au equal time at any
wing chis long oo. _ Toward the cloſe of the ;paſtiwinter,
999 ed by a bodily diſorder, which brovgtiton. a
decay. His young friend and relative, convinced that he would,.ſhortly
"exchange, a-wprid.of inſi / mity and ſorrow for a far more exacting and
eternal: eight of glory, repeatedly. endeavoured to cheer him ith the prof:
pet, and to aſſute him uf the happineſs that awaited him. Still he refuled
to be comforted. Oh ſpwe me! ſpare me! Nou know, y on bow it to
be falle!“ -was his only teply; with the ſame invincible Aecpalr in ieh
he bad ſo long-beep a prey. - Early on the 25th of April (18, he unk
- Inro a ftate of apparent. Halboübilkty, which might hive been miſtak en for a
tranquil 2 but that his eyes remained half open. His breath was re-
1 thou feeblez and his countenance and animal frame were per fectiy
I bie . ſtate he continued for der hours, and thengapireds, with»
out heaving Ibis breath. i wtir.
© Thus o this teins hoainary et at laf behind TING 3 though we. doubt
unt that he aroit in the other world im glory. He died at East Derehans
Is Nopfalks whither he had been removed as above hint.
We could with. pleaſure add Mr. G.'s juſt and pious Ait iong on this

9 vhiriitivn, with ſome farther anecdotes of Mr. C, but we have bren already

tempted much beyond our uſual limits ot reviewing ſermons: by the ime-
reft-we are perſpaded our readers will feel in Mr. C's. experience, aud
myſt therefore for the improvement, refer to the ſermon itſeli, which, not:
e e extracts, » . e . che penal. TIT]

226 1 7 4 .

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voting mam Was excited' by — to e ia to e Him 20 171 . f
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fer tine! Without any diftingt views of divine N "Y Nt heard
H. preach om 1-Cor, i. 23, 24% But dee prend MP creed, Ne:
Then the Cord appeared to a ply abe word to his Hearty nd he ſobn
covered a pecilliar plesſure nöt opty in bearing che Würd, 0 in
anch reading; In ſerious medifgfibf and N © n 3 ; and

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tion by # Reveerher;/anid 46 be very earnelt in vis application to The 72
of 233 for perden and Aenctigtation.. 1418
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*I uſt E mall ever have-reaſoryts blefs It. you priakh*”
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elpecialiy concerwing the deffings'bf God with! Wie . +
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was Hedeſfury, to fit him to enjoy 7 ae ha (rey af ex ref bis |
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Ret P99 5
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himfelf,*whom he accouted the-mott unworthy of 411. He *
great feeling of the love ef Chrift, and of his extferie ſuffering for de
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of eterniiy : yo:
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and feared all my religion . e à deluſon from Satan 75

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wha t the. Saviour has done for mel
friend alking him whether: he wiſhed to tive a diet be anſwered,
y Lord': $ time is my time, for that. is bell. | ,
1 Ur H „then intimated, that he was going down into the hens: 2 bold
yer- weeting, thinking he was too ill to bear them in bis chamber all
1 time; but he wou d by no means conſent, requeſting they would nin f
„pn their mpeting in his.chamber, that he might hear. They readily;com
N d and it was an affecting ser indeed; God ſeemed i in;the midit of
„ and the eyrs of many were bathed in tears. Tbe dear young _
ander all the pie of his affliftion, gried' put, This is bke
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as one. much concerned for their San ace. and For 155 in 9 robe Wof! |
dut par aul, 17 1 W wor! ld: er come z, 555 ting e to puk eheir tru
in the Lord, and live in, peace among. themſelyes,. and 177 dine another
R and not dhe e * 3 45.1 ey often, bac bad appeared, to dg before.
1 e begged. them to. put hi ee brother bee ten, e ) is
ichooj, and. briog him up AF e fear of the Lond 4 - ws
oe”, he drew Aber his end, he became weaker: and ſcare Tn, |
hut at infelſtals he revived.a little, and would” 10 as 11 85 bY often g ;
before, £4 *« Oh the neſs ang rich grace o iſt to me See. w |
Lord hag done N I ſhall ſoon be ih n and ſee him as c
The laſt time Mr. H. went to ſee him he began to repeat as, before, |
Tell it unto fue, tell, I am, Tam out of belt!" He was Arft n Fat 1 5 „
1 . 11 Als the hands of his Redeemer, and ſaying, ** Coing Lord
After ing an n ee farewell of, 11 his d
Tag Ie he £15 2 in Jeſus, June, 251799 · ;
A near nel ghbour, | 1 0 often viſited, him, being deſired by Hum
13 to give a f Alles af 0 of what be had noticed reſpe Wa hin W wrote
X us; oy
I cannot find the paper in Shich 1 bad HE down Tome 5
g ſayings ef Joleph Rauily, but I can recolle&, ſome of. them ak could not
but admire his conitant patience under his a ene, and 15 ad
ration ot, the divine go ineſs towards, him, 1 was, often, FR Hd Big on -
the luffeling of Criſt, nd would lometimes ſay to thoſe who odd
his bed, 1 You would think it hard to oe his ſtarved to death, but oi 3
2 is this to that which | my dear Jeſus ſuffe ered ! Tr Sonie time; fletwaid, a
he Ak weeping for the ns of ſome, who were n moſtly' with Him, he eric
00 Oh] if inners did but know and conſider how the Acar Saviour
i jo ha ſurely they, would lay down. their weapons "of rebe lion, 14
% pot figh It any, longer a Ln a dear Jeſus.“ At a»other tune, bem |
great paip. of body, he Gd, % Loid Jews, when thou: bait fini hy

around his bed to view him as a dying man, telling chem, t chey mult -
ſhortly go the ſame way; When aſked whether he thought bis: fins were
pardoned ? he replied, that he belieyed Jeſus "Chriſt » was able” ant willing
to ſave him n, that be had caſt all his care upon him, and that he had, no-
thing to 15 hiruſeif, but 1 to love and bleſs. his dear Saviour.

„The Monday worning before his death he had an unſhiken confidence |
in the Lord. He looked upon bis ſufferings as nothing, and at the ſanie
time looked forward with} Joy to his approaching diſſolution, when his ſoul
ſhould aſcend to God, and his body reſt in the gr? ave till the reſurreQion
of the juſt 5 died \ "Oy happy on . mornings” Jy mw R.

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of. 3 | ſole. nat I am afraid; of di i r by impatience, |
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reaſon to | - thankful, : i am goa ef wit dap wes able mereies. -
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25 5 * emptations; W drought to the borde ders of deſpair: and
| that £ on me there was no "mercy, ' or if there was, I was rieve
5 ara the offer of merty was limited ich the preſent moment.
i 8 2 the promiſe, wy My 18 is lufficient for thee,“ relieyed me
rer all my mward, tumuhuoys | fightings. | The fear of cath, once ex-
ifremely uneafy,.is entirely bvercome. I depend on none of ny own do-
3 ings ; God's own dear San, aid my on Saviour Fthe tears of joy watering
© Ez > her aged cheeks) hath Fear” all. blels God, 1 can ſay, T know on whom
; 4 hay beligyed; 1 am per ſuaded he i is able an kee that whichTHave com-
. 205 IN F inſt that day. Many comfartable nights 1 have. Laſt
Gopght converled with you (addrefſing herſelf to her miniſte R
12 hs a dream or awake, I cahnot" determine, about the glory. of Ch
AVEN, ; / ſyrzounded by an admiring and an adoring ele& world
er aflition increaſed ſo much on Sabbath the 21ſt of Ma Ws "tht tie
was detained. from thoſe, ſacred” public inſtitutions to which Be _
wvoutly attached. It having been obſerved, that ſhe was à priſoner by
tion, 79 75 that the Lord licars the groaning of the priſoner, the fo alt
was her eply : 1 have enjoyed" an afternoon of 'the Tweeteft 7
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it contains much in few words.“
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0 Southampton. Via! the e part or e ge decent im all
der: ps ; ariable-in+ her natural temper, and a conſtant attendant on

ublic p and private pray ers ſhe was -too little thoughtful about

ious Agen and t verlaſting things; and, dut ing the firſt monthoſof her
Ilineſs,. the thoughts of death” were ſo dif -oreeablgy. that when the! ſolteſt
relative to that ſubjett, though indirect reference to her
much diſguſt and agitation. But a youpg ft ind of her

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of the ſenſible (mner would be accepted,

| tenderneſs, was the honoured inftrumert_of her convef ion: She did not at
_ it, agitate her weak frame with awful ſubje&ts, but confiderin her ex-
treme ſenſihility (as the was ſobject to hyſteric suupen, gained: er pitgs-
+ tion, and then her eſteem and conſiden e.
In one of theſe viſits, ſoon/after the commencement of their iophndeys un
5 _ e er 8 —— erg _ yh, 8. (the
mother riend ſpeaking of reli as t true ſource of ſlup
and conſolat ĩon in tens of * 8. expreſſed with much w_

her regret that ſhe had lived in neglect of 5 teligion, and “ how

happy ſhe ſhonld be novo, if, like ſome others, ſhe had attended tolſerions

things: while ſhe was in healthz** and, with tears in her eygs, and emphalis
in her words, added, “ if ſhe was like (the perſon ſhe was ad-

dreſſing) | the: ſhould be happy zow."* On her friend's: replying, that
nothing in her gould ever procure the-favour of ud z that ſhe had been

28 great a ſinner as herſelf, that by the grace of God ſue was what ſhe was,
that (elf muſt be utteriy renounced, a Jeſus be the only foundation of a

ſinner's hope —Miſs S. ſeemed diſtreſſed, and fcarful, leaſt having tired
ſo dere the ſhould . now not be noticed. The hiſtory of the thief-0n
the croſs. „ lated, by which ſhe ſeemed « little — o At another
viſit the her friend, „ ſhe knew ſhe-was a ſinner, and was conv need
there was no other way of ſalvation but by Jeſus Chriſt, and wiſhed (ſhe
ſpoke ps at earneſtneſs) d wiſhed ſhe could know her intereſt
in ** wi riepd reminded her of of pert And invitätions, in the
word of W poor ſinners, and earn urged her Hot to neglect 10

pray. She bald. « 5 could not pray, and oy ;* ieved her.“ Bei g told

that prayer did not conſiſt in words only, by 4-6 the: . oy defire
e anſwered, * ht would. try to

ay." The prayer of the -publican'was mentioned and recommended; to
er. 1 1 hope,“ the ſaid, I ſhalt not be rejedted. Ard ber friend re-

minded her of the: encouraging promiſe, * * Him that cometh unto me 1 wilt

in no wiſe caſt out.“
The next time this young per ſon ſaw Miſs 8. the afked whether hex: 8.

vice had been followed. Mils 8. replied, * flie had endeavoured to lift vp

Her heart, hut that her thoughts wandered from God, that ſhe was inte! - -

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ing the fuſferings and death of the dear Redeemer mentioned, the was a/-
tan det at his love, and © hoped the ſhould be a partaker of the bleſſi

he died to. procure.” She 'repeated-theſe lines from one of Dr. Watts's
14+, 1 55, find now it pleads before the throne,” ..

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and die for ſuch wicked fintiers..

Ass ſhe grew worſe ſhe ſpole of | 0 diſſolution with calmneſs, ſaying,

pleaſures in the Rreets and fields and expreſſing her earneſt-wiſh,
ſolemnities of ſuch a ſcene, might, under a divine bleffing, powerfully
ſtrike, and laſtingly impreſs the minds of ſome among the gay and giddy
multitude, and eſpecially the young. Among other things ſhe requeſted
that a funeral diſcourſe might be preached, from Prov. xxvii. 2. „ Boaſt
not thyſelf of to morrow, & c. Her friend was deſirous to know on <vhat
grounds her preſent confidence was built; and why, ſhe who before was ſo
agitated at the mention of death, could now look forward to her own de-

parture with ſo much compoſure? At her firſt, attempt to anſwer, ſhe was
able to ſpeak but little, being interrupted by her cough, but afterwards _
ſaid, «if it were not for che hope and entire dependence ſhe placed in Jeſus,

ſhe did love him, and nothing was ſo valuable. | |
During her long confinement, ſeveral of her gay acquaintances came
to ſee her, and though ſhe was then exceedingly emariated, and all hope of
reſtoration Was given up, they endeavoured to flatter her, and with an air
of 'affeed cheerfulneſs, bade her . not to think of death.. But ſhe faw

ſhe kene v not what ſhe ſnould, do, or to whom ſhe could look for help; that

into the dangerous ives of their miſtaken kindneſs, and iotimated,

4 Such company as that ſhe did not defire.'? 1 Wy
Others of her neighbours, who ſaw and bewailed her danger, reminded
her © hat an harmleſs and innocent perſon ſhe was, ho had done nothing
for which ſhe had any cauſe to fear death.” She expreſſed diſpleaſure at
their flattery, and compaſſion for their ignorance, One day ſhe ſaid to her
mother looking back on herſelf, and on her vanity of heart, of which
(however amiable and unaſſuming ſhe might appear to others) ſhe was now
conſcious, ſhe faid to her mother, O what a poor, little, vain, proud
worm have I been!” G 2 1 |
About a fortnight before ſhe died, the 1 of approxthing diſſolu -
tion rapidly increaſed, fo that all around her thought herend was very near.
At firſt ſhe was much agitated and diſtreſſed, and one day eried out in
agony, ** What, what ſhall I de to meet my God! But the ſame evening

her mind was relieved from theſe fears, and ſhe prayed, and defired others

to pray for het, © that God would give her his-preſehce in death, and that

time Lordi Jeſus would receive her.“ That night ſhe ſpoke to a ſervant in

the family to this effect: Live no longer in che negle& of your ſoul: if
Vou are without an intereſt in Chriſt begin directly to ſeek for it—this very
night begin, and defer it no lenger.”” She was extremely ſolicitous for

the bett intereſts of hex relatives, eſpecially her parents, her aunt, and a 4

couſin, nearly of her own age, who was very dear to her. She was par-

ticularly anxious that her father and mother might find this ſevere trial,
(for ſhe was not only an . dutifu!, but an only $90) Say

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an only fon, at about hen age, had been much ſanRified,' and earneſtly
wiſhed that her own removal might be hleſſed to them in a ſimilar way.

perſons, eſpecially thoſe of the ſame ſex, in ſimilar ſtations, and where the

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The ſubjed of this memoir, was the wife of John W. linen- draper,
Durham. She had occafionally attended the means of grace for ſome.
yeas, but apparently without any falutary effect, until within a few weeks
previous to her death. Her health had been in a precarious ſtate for a con-
'* Aderable time, but there were no ſymptoms of a ſpeedy diſſolution until
about the middle of laſt winter, when ſhe appeared to be in a deep decline.
Hearing this I viſited her, and enquired how ſhe felt her mind under the
preſent afiR'on, and what views ſhe had reſpeRing the ſtats of her im-

mortal ſoul. She replied (burſting into a flood of tears), “ My mind is
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ſenſible hat I have ge knowledge; and that repestedly, and I
tear there is no merey for me. 1 tuld;her,. in that reſpect her, caſe was
not ſingular;; and if ſhe were now convinced of ſin, and ſaw her need ot
a/Saviour, there was every entguragement.to venture her ſoul, on him, be-
cavle-the inyitations am promiles..ot the Goſpel are addreſſed to ſuchicha-

x8Qers«/- She replied, “ They are fo, and I know there is no other way,
The Lord hath followed me with frequent

etinviftions, but I HMroye to ſtifle them, yea, I rebelled:ang hardened myſelf

_ -Againft him, aud now, I fear, it is too late. Her mind; being agitated,

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Vour to think: calmly on. che ſtate of her ſoul, | She ſaid, “ I feel nq; the
Hast prlugance at, the pr olpett of being ſeparated fr om- all.things in this

world; I am perfectly reſigned Either to live or to die, provided the Lord

voulq have mercy on my poor ſoul, I aſted, in het manner the Lord
had followed her with convic ions ? She anſwered, briefly thus . I never
heard the Goſpel preached before L was, married; and as I as then very
Say, and fond of the fooliſh amuſements and cuſtoms of the world, I paid

ho attention toit, Nay, I looked upon the doctrine and the · people whQũ

profeſſed it with a degree of contempt, and ſet, up m own-underfianding .
in oppaſition to, the ways of the Lord. I had fome;gopyiRions that L was.

wrong when Mr...W... preached, here. Then the e, ſter afftcted
me very much. After ward I buried my dear. little ch.

| was convinced that the .Lord's wayg were right; had frequent
meltings of heart, and thought myſelt often very happy under the means,
and among the people of God; but ſtill I heſitated,” kept back, and would

not give up 7 wholly to the Lord: and now, ever ſince I have been

exerciſed under the preſent afflidion, wy mind has been in grit darkneſs
and confuſion. After ſome further converſation ſhe requetted me to pray
with her, and entreat the Lord to manifeſt his love and mercy unto her at-
flicted foal. eee e eee, |

She grew weaker and weaker every day. The nent dine J viſited: her,

on aſking. how ſlie was, ſhe ſaid, ©* I am very weak, but a little better in
my mind than I have been.” —I hope Jeſus Chriſt is become precious unto

you.“ O precious! precious. indeed! very precious! 1 have been in

great diftrefs ſince I law you. Yeſterday my mind was all confuſion, dark-

nels, and horror; the enemy thruſt ſore at me, and drove, me almoſt io ut-

ter deſpair; but to- day I am ſomewhat eaſier. The enemy, I truſt, is

lilenced, und the Lord hath ſaid to my ſoul, I wwill,neper leave thee, nor

Forſake thee. This — promiſe has-given me a little nope within, which'
1 would not part with for all the world.——A. little hope; I muſt not let it
go, I muſt hold it fait, but I with to have it in a greater degree. Do not

mittake me; I do not look upon myſelf as having obtained an enjoyment

of Chriit, but as a poor helpleſs, finner I hope in him, and cleave to him.
Pray, dear Sir, that I may have a clearer light, a well- grounded hope, and
a greater degree of confidence in my dear Redeemer. Though the ſpoke
with difficulty, ber voice being nearly gone, yet it was amazing to think

with what fervour of ſoul ſhe exprefled herſelf at this time. But, to avoid

prolixity, I mult omit many things, that I may juſt take a view of the
laſt ſcene. + „ 3

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ſpirits. Being then almoſt expired, ſhe ſaid, I am glad to ſee you; I
tought T was dying in a fit I had this morning; but as I am ſpared, I
will endeayour to ſpeak this once, this once only, and I have done; for

Fwas appreheufive her cough might increaſe, and entreatedcher to endea-

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aſter me, . ee n am, and found me in the wilderneſs:

ying, „ L wagt words to praiſe the Lord for his goodhefs and ex-

preſſing ber withes to be gone. About fine 8 lock in theſveging | ſhe had
T convullive fit; in which it was thought "the was gone 5 but having re-
_ <wived a litthe again, ſhe ſaid," 1 ſee nothing behind mg but miſery ane

woe and Fice nothing before me but happineſs and g lory.“ Then tak
an donate ive of her friends and thts Naben the fell a 4
In Jeſus, no the ads of March 1800, and in the 5 yeur of her a
Her gener le diſpoſitions, I am peſuadet- - ein render
my to her intimate friends; and her dying teftimor 91 L
Nur uſeful to ſome of the Hy Bay Phe SO, EY,

— E Re ONO bjar 8c OnE
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4. nete free the Directors of the Miffonary Society, 5 dea, |

1 $298 of the nd er who Jones the Las of this NO. 0 1

H gratitude and joy we recofledt ; your rally and lets ben :

Wii 28 aſſiſtance in promoting the defigns of the Miſſionary So-
ey. The glorious and important cauſe Rill, we truſt, lies near both your

hearts and vurs: and our united purpoſe through, the grace of Chrift is, to

erſevere and tb abound in our exertions ſtill mofe and more, nor to ceaſe
m our labours in the field of miffions till death calls us hence, and our
er Matter, looking down from heaven, mall ſay, © Come up hither.” \
We now ſolicit your help in a very important matter. At the laſt ge-

8

neral meeting, the Society, ſtrongly feeling the neceſſity of having Miſſion-

aries well qualified for their arduous work, came to the unanimous reſolu-
tion, ta give inſtruction to a certain number of promiſing young men, for
the ſpace of two years, before they began their miffionary labours abroad :
"they entreated the Directors to carry the meaſure imo ell

The buſineſs was taken into immediate - confideration, and the Directors
applied to the Rev. Mr. Bogue of Goſport, to undertake the tuition of the

perſons deligned for Miſſionaries. He has accepted of the office, and is

& without delay.

ready to begin the work. He entreats your fervent prayers that he may be

; abundantly qualified and greatly ſtrengthened for the difficult and labor ious
ſervice ; and that his attempts. gd be crowned with eminent loceeſo, and A
Egnal bleffing from on hight | 1 | But

91 Gt aer lee this day ut, I abe ba ee weng

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| _ But we haye not yet fund a ſulligient numdar of perſona fit to be ſent
to receive inſtruction from him. We. therefore apply to you. The Lord
Jeſus, the great Head of the Church, bas never c to beſtow gifts on.
men, in a manner ſufficiently abundanit Jer furniſhing a ſupply for the or-
dinary org Gr the M ry! whd for sade els ofjarl am b os K.

then. In the boſoms of the churcheg theſe men are to be ſought and
found. But for want of theſe gifta being obſerved, improved; and called
forth into action thonfande of Luthers and Calvins, of Elliots and Bra-

nerds, have paſſed unnoticet through life, and the world has been depri
of the ĩneſtimahle benefit.of heir. labour. But the mine is not exhauſted. _
Jeſus till eom municates of his fulnels.to his people; and thete is Ml a 95 5 15
ficient number ot perſons ſoattered among he different churches of Chriff,

who are end ued with theſe gilagang grocer which may be conſidered as .
dical-qualifications. for the work of rhe miniſtry, and which, when ſuitabliyx

improved and matured by inſtruction, will render them meet to be faithtul,
able, and ſucceſsful Miſſionaries in heathen lands. es.
. N to be found in your ſociety perſons of Ne |
lities, of a quick apprehenſion, of a ſaund;judgment, of 1 2 *
of divine truth, eminently; pious, and devoted 10 God, full of cal for the 5
glory of the Redeemer and the /alvation: of immortal ſouls, who adorn the
doctrine of God their Saviour by walking honourably in the different rela- |

tions in which they dre placed, and who ate taken notice e 5
great humility, prudence, a peaceable diſpoſition, and a ſpirit of love, Suel

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are the men we want. If you know any of this character, who are nat pre.
cluded by their ſituations and relations in life from engaging in miſſionary
ſervices, recommend the ſubject to their conſideration, There may. be 772 9 5
ſons of n In AO you do not ore | for that diffi.
dence and modeſty which often accompany: both great gitts and great graces,
frequently conceal them from view. Enquiring 2 of r
ing in the chiirch-may lead you to the knowledge of them.

The work of a Miſſionary, you are ſenſible, is fo great, and the evils
ariſing from the miſconduct of an unworthy perſon ſo many and. ſo pernj- -
.cious, that we need not exhort yon to. exerciſe much caution, and to ex-
amine with the utmoſt care into the talents, piety, temper and conduct of
thoſe you recommend; it may be more neceſlary to encourage you'to hope
that ſuch perſons are to be found, and to entreat you to {pare KL arora
endeavouring to find them. You yourſelves are, b the great Head of the
Church, placed in a {tation from which you think you cannot remove to
preach the Goſpel to.periſhing heatnens. It will be an honour, and is it
not a duty, to endeavour to find a perſon who will go in your place. Pray
for wiſdom and fucceſs ; and may you have the happineſs to recommend
to us Mifſionaries who | all be inſti u mental in the converſion of thouſands
and tens of thouſands of ſuch as are now ſitting in darkneſs and in the
ſhadow of death... „„ | VVV |
It is our wiſh to have a library for the uſe of the ſeminary. As there
are many diſciples of Jeſus who would feel much pleaſure in making a
preſent of uſeful books for ſo noble a purpoſe, an intimation of our de-
ſign will be a ſufficient motive with numbers to enrich the library with
their donations. © l Road ute ;
Lou will, we doubt not, judge it proper to read this letter to your con-
gregation; and we beſeech you and them to have a proper remembrance of
the ſeminary in your ſupplications, and eſpecially in the meetings where
prayer is offered for the propagation of the Goſpel among the.. heathen.
Never, on theſe occaſions, let the Miſſionary Seminary be forgotten,

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PHT, divided thellkeld' Geert ourfelgearrantl'4 looked for'a
e to Build a houſe, and 18. platt a garden, B. with his people, inſittell
on building this boufe for me imſeff, 46 foo as he ſhould have bought
| bis fy ek 3 the Tambouchis: 82 Brother Tadiond and 1 cut long.
1 2 r thatching; and I bor trees in che ebd. I Hpeeled
15 this grafs, 1 the Lord Jeſus that he had provided me a
| E 1 Ne the face of our enemies and „and praying that
| U 1 5 s roof the ſeed of the Solpel might ſpread hwards
hrough all I rick: This night; When,” having readoir wee
vy en round the bre with” our Horteftots, the Tambouchi
NA Tory htened, that hte took up his àHlagai and van but of the

re 'the Hel ; where ne hid himſelf; He ſoppoſed that we intended
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| 150 d began to clear à part a 18' fem khe grafs, in order to

| make * "little, garden of it, in which labour ſcur Oaffres eſitted me, when

| er of FT'Geikacame telling Mr. B. that Piet Primo, with two of

12 f 25 Be were arrived, and arreſted by*order of the king, on ſuſpicion ot

W being ſpi 12 es, and deſiring that B. world ceme tothe King to aſſiſt in
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this ſubject. 1 ſowtd- lettice'and carrots, "x and 3 tre

Catoes, ft en bann.

Han.

ras, oſber ries, and raſpberries: *
planted peaches and apricots. Brointje alked-me if L did not re-
collect ave had a converſation with a-certain Hottentot called Bootſman
Saul, in Baviaan? s Kloof, to Whom L had propoſed the remiſſion.'of ſins
| "through Cherie” And he informed me, that, immediately after this, the.
Hottentot felt the power of this word or'his ſoul;” ſo that he was admitted
by the brethren into their leſſer afſembly, as they call it, before I re-
turned to the Cape. That he had ſpoken the ſame truth from his own
conviction to ſeveral other, heathers, ho likewiſe, open tt the fame ground,
- were received members of that aſſembly.

29., A young Caffre woman came to viſit us, but ſeeing! our tent from a
dilfance, which was ſhaken by the wind, the took it to be an elephant or

: me other rapacious beaſt, which we let loots to deſtroy her life. She
then ran through the river into the foreſt, where ſhe loſt her way, and fell

into a pit, in which ſharp pointed poles were placed in order to catch wild

| hands. One of theſe poles wounded her in ſuch a manner that ſhe was taken
- but of it by a Caffre, who found her with much difficulty.

27. C. Buys departed with S. Bota, two Crafftes, and a Hottentot, to

the country of the Tambouchis. The wife of Geiſſi, captain of the next
Kraal, viſited us, with fix other women. In the evening we had thunder

and rain. ; 5 —_
28, A rainy day. I adviſed brother Edmond, as he was determined

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24. Mf. Buys went to T*Geika; and. TP continued oo" plane black og |

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but he thought t more prudent to ſtay till the return of C. Bunty from the

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vot to lay i in this country, 40 e eee :

Tambouchis, that he might by his, Influence obtain more of T G =
men to conduct him ſafe through this country. |
29. I ſowed calabaſhes, noe cucumbers, and pumpkios, nd con;
rodted 7 an oven |
November 1. In the morning we Haw 83 partly 8 with
to, ſnow,, and we had thunder with bail and ram. I vegan to build my _
in which my brother Edmond aſſiſted me. 25 |

3+ We began now with our people regularly. to read the Bible i in fan
worlhip, Far- the Old Teſtament in the morning, and the New in
evenin „. as I had formerly only picked out ſome ſelect books or e

e offered our monthly prayer for the ſucceſs of Miſſionary jabours.
Gas Hottentots, the Engliſh deſerter, and the: Tambouchi Zjaazja, being
preſent, to Whom brother Edmond explained the origin and object of this
lolemnity, We then ſang the hymn, Ihen Jeſus to the heathen lands, © 7 /
he 190 Na alter Which I ad. Lfaiah i iv, and concluded with prager 55
in Dut

11. Brother Edmond nd ao cut à tree of red wood — a tang. in |
our waggon. J. Bota, H. Knoctze, and Henry, arrived with tome Hot-
tentots of Appollonia' s Kraal, withwhom we worthipped. F. |

12. Bruintje went with the People mentioned Veiberer to —

hanks. 8 bf |
5 13. About twenty Caffres, many of whom were fravgers, from
PEI s kraal, vifited us. EE |
. 15, The Hottentots returned, with who I We as 171
17. The Caffre, Captain Geiff, came to bring us back a mall key
of brother Edmond's, which he. eee one of its children had taken
out of our tenc., yeſterday, haying e bim for it. I ſowed three
kinds of ſeed which Captain Wilſon had brought from Otaheitee.

13. Valentine returned from Appollonia's, "reporting that the Aſondan-"
kian Caffres had taken from Piet Priuſlo all his cattle, and that he was
flying to the Bokkenveld. 5

20. Bruintje and his companions returned, haviog ſhot only Grade
phants, two elks and a hartenbeeft,. | ,, !

24. Hitherto we bad not at this place been much diſturbed by the
vwolves, but this evening one of them ſeemed to intend breaking into our
houſe. Our dogs however drove him away. I met alſo. with one of
thoſe ſerpents with four legs, which the Caffres call T *Kabee. 446 Wk

25. Laſt night the wolves ran away with one of my ſhirts. from the door 1
of the tent, and carried it into a hole about one hundred paces diitant 44

rom it. | |

26. Laſt night a wolf took hoid of 2. calf by its logs the woundtd |
animal roared cerribly, upon which its mother ran to reſcue it out of his
jaws, aſſiſted by the reſt of the cattle, frightening the wolf maſt deſperately;
they were ſo enraged that they even attacked our dogs, not ſuffering them
to interfere with the baitle, By their aber the calf was ſaved, aud the
wolf was eaſily driven away.

28. 1 choſe another piece of ground for a Gene garden, brothers Ed.
mend and Thomas went out to look for a better road out of-Caffreland.:

29. Brother Edmond and Thomas returned, having found no better
road than that by which we came.

December 1. I had afcrious "converſation with Thomas Bartley, and
aſked bim particularly, if be were not ſorry for his criminal defertion, and
he declared that he wn, though he was enliſted without his knowledge and

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return to bis duty: as ſoon as e y mould be given to go to the
| colony, he replied; thatnotwi ing he had a firong averſion againit

wilitary ſervice, and ſhould de very ſorry to be ſeparated from me, he was
refolve$ta retwen-uther than 20-perſevere in his perjuryy if we could procure |
Die pat . Brother Edmond They promnifen bla that he would engeavour

_ © Wen 1 was in the wood writing, Pao, the wiſe as a Caffe captain,

tame to me, and deſired me to teach her to write her name; the letters ſhe

3 formediwere, ze T think, the Hrſt written. in Oaffreland ' dy a native.

/ Kt oveving { we-obſerved our monthly prayer meeting.

we were ighorant'of the

$f ona found-ir an excellent diſh.” It taſted like à ſkate, Hough We eating of

. onde him in three places. Daminy a Mahomet
Toeika's mother; and deſired to ſtay with me.

13 vel for a convenient place for a ſait - pan. We rode N. E. till we reached 5
4theriver T'K6nge, and then turned 8. E. keeping the river on our left
bond, we flept in a Coffre kraal, where the people received us very Kindly,

nad prepared a;hut for our ſodging.

WE * . an abomination to the Caffres and Hottentots. ah :

7. Juſt when Thomas entered our tent a ſnake took is leg, and
wn Rid eee from

8. Brother Edmond ſuggeſted to me his 3 — Thomas

N to this plan I made an agreement with Thomas.
went with Thomas on horſeback on a journey to the ſea ſhore, „

10. We proceeded early in the morning, and dined 51 the had of our

| friend Tabba, ſan of Palo, andebrother © the celebrated Clachabcs. To-
. wards evening we arrived at the kraal of Captain — 6 cloſe to the
ea ſhore at the mouth of the river T. Kolou, where we flept.

121. We went along the ſtrand to look for a convenient place to conftru

a a ſatt-pan, and found one near the river, on which we faw three ſea es.
The ſbore here bears N. E. ana S. W. In the afternoon' we returned by
. - nnother road; we met witg Tabba, who preſſed us to ſtay with him that

night, but we went on, and ſlept in another kraal.

. 22. Towards evening we arrived at home, having my. head and. feet
' forely wounded by thorn buſhes-and ſtones, as I had ne hat, nor ſhoes, nor

Lo 2 1 Edmond Prepared every. thing to leave this country
=. ly.
14. In'ther morning when brother Edmond was ay For his journey,

Ve received a letter from Mr. Maynier, member of juſtice at the Cape, by

which he informed us that he was deputed, by Governor Dundas, to king
| 8 and actually arrived at the place of his reſidence; that he very
iſhed to ſee us, and to deliver us the letters which he had brought

5 ap rom Graff Reinet. I then placed myſelf with brother Edmond in

our waggon, to accompany him to T'Geika's kraal. We reached that
" Dight the Keie Kamma, where we llept, and bought two. oxen from Fi r.
Krieger for eighteen rix dollars.

25. We arrived at T'Geika's kraal; as ſoon as he ſpied us, he took
Poſſeſſion of our waggon, and placed it at the ſide of his tent. I told him

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3. — diſcovered to us that on our arrival in \Caffreland,- hens *. |

ö e had been ſent out from the colony, to kill: us on the rod, that they

ih had lain in wait for us, but that they had miſſed us by accident.

4-5; Thus the Bord bad watched for our ſafety, * h
"BE Arne. were expoſed. -

„ Thomas caught a ſerpent four feet kings This be and I eat/bailed, \ \

phe nap me, by . ag his diſcharge from military ſervice, And 5

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And to aſk his (T. Geika's) leave for my brother Edmond to return to che
Jlony.s Re expreſſed his ſurpriſe that bröther Edmond had ſtayed ſo long
ia Cxtfreland, and now'defired to return juſt at the point hen Mr. May-
Hier was here. Having told him the-reaſon he offered. him not to go, and

Aer eee

bel vs to ſpeak to Mr; Maynier. Afterwards, however he permitted us

do pdiro/his- tent. Mr. May nier delivered us the letters which he. had
brought for us, among hich wer found one from Governor Dundas, telling
- tus" that he reſided at Granff Reinet, and deſirin g us to join him there, in
order to c Uni ate to vs his ideas. Mr. Maynier added; that his ER-
cellency's object was to reſcue us front the danger to which we were e -
9 — ſtaying in Catfreland; that his intention was not to hinder ds in
' our Mitfoniiy attempts zmong ile Caffres j but only that we would ſbſ-
pend them till peace and tranquillity ſhould be re-eltabliſhed; He offered |
me bis äſßzſtance if I winned to labour among the Caffres of 1 on
-this ſide the greut river, and in the mean time te miniſtty of Graaff Reinet
upon certain favourable terms; and on the other han; the Tequeſt'of "the
inhabitants of the cbuntries behind the ſnowy mountains (among whom TI
nad preached the Goſpel) that I would come and form them into acotigre> .”
ation; offering to build a church for me on the banks df the Tarka, or
great Fiſh River; both theſe laſt propoſals I declined; but ftated, that I
would endeavour to obtain the King's permiſſion to accompany brother
Edmond to Graaff Reinet. C. Boys, who arrived, two hours after we 2
left his plate, from the Tambouchis, was 5 Maymer,
he ercuſed himſelf from coming. T'Geika was ſo Giſpleaſed Wich Mr.
Mapnier's negotiation, ihat he reſolved to kill him on the ſpot; the execo-
tion of which deſign however was wiſely prevented by the Is moth
and. uncle, T Zambh, then preſent. e diſtovered by Mr. Maynier an
His people a mittake in dur computation of the preſent day, which we took
to be the nnd os being Saturday pr rr 10 th {198 5 his
Sunday 15. Early in the morning, when Mrs Maynler prepared for hi
journey Laſked leave from T Geika to go with brother 82 Sinn} 75 Graff
Reinet, urging the requeſt of Governor Dundas; but he was ſo fur frim
giving his conſent to it, that he gave me no anſwer at all, and Nabe
vith contempt my propoſals, which renewed his ſuſpicions of out bei 1
connected with the-Engliſh Government in prejudice: of his country...”
repeated my requeſt once more, but with no better fucceſs thay before.
Linen fignttiet in a letter to Governor Dundas, which'I pat into the hands
of Mr. Maynier, my deſire to comply with the 'Governor's' wiſhes, bur ag,
the fame time, the impoſſibility of. it for the preſent. After Mr. Mapnier
was departed; I ſpoke again to 'T*Geika, who' ſaid his meaning was not
to hinder brother Edmond from returning to the Colony, but that he
ought to wait for a more convenient time. We then returned with our
wazgon, and T'Geika accompanied us about three miles. Towards
evening we reached the mountain Khandoda, where we ſlept at a Caffre
Kkraal. Lait night we loſt four of our oxen, 5» a
16. We came home; and found Buys and Beſuedenhout, with 8. Bota,
and their families. We- requeſted Mr. Buys' influence in oider to obtain
leave from F Geika for us both to go out of the country; this he promiſed.
with reſpe& to brother Edmond, but ſeemed not much inclined to do me
this ſervice. Teftabliſhdd tamily worſhip in my tent, reading in the morns
2 Old Teſtament from Geneſis, and in the evening the Golpel of St.
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17. I began to keep twice a day a reading and a writing ſchool; in the
Caftre and Dutch languages, with eleven pupils of differen; ons.
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hy ee real chriſtian | and a nominal profeſſor. I obſerved
vieh our Hottentot women and girls who. aſſitted, had painted their faces
4 nk and. paint in à ſhocking NN Vander Walt departed
* hy per to obtain permiſthon far the eee
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1 88. T*Geika, viſited. and trrated him in a very friendly. manner, 2
1 he reſpected him as his father. B. aſked him why he had
1 nor hinder us; but that he only had in view to check the bapghty ant
L arbittary proceedings of Mr. Maynier, and to protect us from. the danger

io which *. N _Mzynier. might haye been expoſed from the inhabitants.

E . p propoled pur requeſt, of going e. Graff Reinet, to which hie
reg at he would give a finatanſwer on the flowing day. As the
cars Caffres waned rain very mucb, he requeſted me that I ſhoid{d
4 ea God for rain. I anſwered that God give ſufficient rain in
ry e 1 2 e argc the our . 1 ——ä— —
childr ter ay ayed. wit my and made them very free a
cer þ ee ag 7 evening we kad thunder and heavy rain.

- oF Deikaalked me. if this were Gos doing, and when I aſſerted it was,

+hezalked by, what. means. theſe effects were prodvced, antf he n

| 1 P to bim ſome of the phenomena of electricity. =
g Jeika returned in the evening to his kraal. He 3 |

es 2 Amond to go out of the country whenever he pleaſed; but be

3 dt gave his. conſent to my going to the Governor. The Go- |

F gay Tonk to Tiukhanna, ſaid he, when he comes to ſpeak to me.
had now thirpeen young people in my ſchool, and ſet arent an
oy to ipſteps. them in the principles of chriſtianity . .. |
«My dear brother EAmond departed with my bleſling.. „Oh that the

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wo Ude ane Account of Hanbusgb. cn

111 ee . 15 2 os In a Letter to the Editor. {t 8 | |
Ds. in, e 08. , Aen.

„ HIN been ſomę ame ſince at Hamburgb, 1 ſtruck,
tconbideriag the largene ſa of the place and the number of inhabitants, that

ktherg have, been no attempts to bring the Goſpel into this populous and de-

raved city. Ino take the liberty to ſend you ſome account of it, and

«thedreadtul wickedneſs which prevails there. Perhaps God may put it

3510 12 heart, of ſome to deviſe means. to enlighten that benighted ſpot 3
alt it may. teach us in this country to ſet a higher value on the prk

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_ - Hamburph; to a Jericus perſon, und one who. has been ſavaured with, -

t öf the Goſpel, is, perhaps, of 'all places the moſt awfully,

Wicked in its manners and cuſtoms, Here all forts, of vice and immo -

rality are tolerated, and even encouraged. Open lewdnels of every de-
ſeription is thought no crime.” Moſt of the ſervayt girls are ſuppoſed to
be common proſtitutes ; and from the hours of fix to nine in the evening,
you' will ſee ſome hundreds of them parading the ſtrects, with a baſket
under their arms. You may all ſee youths of not more than twelve years
old enter the "billiard rooms and play with the company, without any.
diſcountenance whatever; and they will practiſe every vite the ſame as.
men, without attracting any particular notice. The Sabbath ſeems à day

choſen by them more for ſinning publicly tiian any of the week days. Moſt.

of the mechanics are at work, and nearly all the ſhops are open, as are alſo
the theatres and places of amuſements. Card parties, which are very nu-
merous, play with their window ſhutters down, and their rooms lighted.
with wax candles to make them as conſpieuous as pofſible ; and various;
| | ras of tunes. They
have ſeveral large churches, though but thinly attended, where many reſort -
in the morning who attend the theatre and card table in the evening 3 avd 1 |
religion ſeems the ſmalleſt of their concerns
_ "Phe thought ſtruck my mind while IL was among them, if they might,
not claim the attention of the Miffionary Society, ſince Hamburgh is ſup- .
poſed to contain one hundred and eighty thouſand perſons, about ten thoy-.
nity of is the Goſpel—no ſanctuary of $1 Wd 2 5
opportunity of hearing the Goſpel—no ſanctuary of the Lord's for a poor
dare foul to thelter fn | e chere a be many abjeRtions t6 *

ſending over Miffionaries io Hamburgh, and 'other haige towns in Ger-
many but thus far I can venture to ſay:— the Engliſh V
Crawford; is much reſpected, and, by his fanftiofi, the Engliſh might do

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nearly as they pleaſe. There is, indeed, the Engliſh chapel, which las.
duty performed in it every Sabbath morning, the church ſervice being
read, and a ſhort moral ſermon of about fifteen minutes long; but no
preacher of the pure Goſpel. There is, therefore, ſurely great reaſon for at-
tempting to eſtabliſh "the truth here, where ſo many thouſand ſouls are
going blindfolded to ruin. The diſtance alſo is but ſhort; and the plan
might be put into execution at a very trifling expence, compared to What

is incurred by long and tedious voyages, So large a body of fellow. ſin-

ners claims our compaſſion as much as the poor natives of the South Sea
Iſlands, and in ſome reſpects have the preferente, as they are our neign-
bours, which makes the claim the ſtronger. Thus mucli have I ſuggeſted
trom the obſervations I made while in Germany; and ſhould thele hints
be worth inſerting in your Magazine, it will oblige yours ſincerely,

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Extract of a Letter from America, 10 @ Diractor of the Miſſionary
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MY DEAR AND BELOVED FRIEND, Pittsfield, March 22, 1800.
THE London Miſſionary Society, by the influence of its examyile, as well.
as by ity own exertiens to ſpread the denn s will produce a rich
on, the place of its firſt
formation, ſo juſtly renowned for her antiquity and great wealth, for he
ſplendor and commerce, whoſe fame. has gone abroad throughout all the

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earth, may ſtill become more renowned and famous, og account of this

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in the ſphere of its influence, dive of much 5

As chis Miſſionary, bufineſs in beth aa ap ginated,, I hope. in a

1 ſpirit of and tender concern for God's The ſalvation of: man-
| Kivid, 8 to me that the good 0 e Ae are 2 in both con-
tries by the progreſs of true religion among us, which ſcema io be, in ſome
| ph 5 78 to the zeal and ardour manifeſted in it. And wh ſhould. it not

? Fliendiy exertions to plant religion abroad will · pro uce zeal in its

| A e at home. The more ardently we defire the com 72 of Chriſt

his Kingdom am entile nations he: more hall we wiſh. aud: pray
2 ie power and i pork the Goſpel, w re 46.18 — Vqur ſociety

oys the prayers of thouſands int is country, from mbjgh goon expecta-

tidns are entertained; and, when I conſider its riſe and formation, its pro ·
greſe, the ſpirit i in bich ! it originated, and the bielſiogs j —
ng 1 80 1 mult confeſs l entertain the moſt ſanguine hopes. from it 3 that like
ſpel, of which it is the effect, it will become a 70 5 tree, and- fill
85 25 e earth. " The world will be the. theatre of its operation, and
the uttermoſt parts of the earth the limits of i its 5 ob . T joytully an-
pes wed hundreds of millions of the human, race conyerted to the chrifing
by its influence, and made partakers of the great falvation of the. Gol.
| pel. 80 let it A O Lord! And let all the people ſay, Ade 5
| . Adigu, afy dear and beloved Friends, _
. From your's in W er

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9 COLLECTIONS, &c. received by the Treaſurer, from the 2and September
to the 5th of Ogober, 1800.

Rev. John Towers and Friends, at Barbican Meeting, on occaſion.
of 2 Sermons preached there by: him and the Rev. Mr, —

21ſt Sept. 1800. 4. 10 12 o
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parts of Scotland., Theis are to be two general meetings every-year,, ones
* 1 and.Qthe 8 he Tain, where baſineſs.is to be tranſacted and
mons preached m.

the'Englith. and Gachc tongves. The rules of the:

Society are wiſe and * ; and.the addreſs which they have eireulated —
e Age phoy M be heart of every Chriſtian with delight. The:

cbſects they delign to pur ſus are truly, pious, and. liberal. Read their o

Lords Art, 7, «If perſons qualited, to a& as Miſhonaries-offer them
ſelves to rhe Society, and if their fgends ſhall. enable them to ſupport ſurn
h b on a Miſſion to the heathen, the mots promiſing tations mall then
be occupied if poſſible; and a general meeting of the Society ſhall be call-
eu, that the NMiſfonaries may be appointed to their work with becoming la.
lemnity, But if they cannot thus eſtabliſn a diſtinét Miſfton, they nat
aſſiſt other Mifſignary Societies, by their funds, advice and prayers,” +
" Every new Society we conſider as an additional ally ſtirred up indefence >
of the ca'iſe of God; "and in its mectings and its proceedings we ſee news
_ army raifed for Chriſt, and going forth to fight the battles of their Lord.

When this ſpirit becomes general (as we mulk it will) through the Chriſtian
church, there will be a large and noble army vf ſpirituzl warriors to carry
the conqueſts of Immanuel through every Pagan and Mahometan cobntry7.
In à word, here is à confirmation of what has been often ſuggeſted of late,

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On Wedneſday, October tft, a new chapel. wak opened at Harwich,
and the Rev. William Hordle (from Hoxtoti-Academy): was ſet apart to”
the paſtoral office... The preceding evening Mr. Laxon, of Stow Market
prayed, and Mr. Wadell of Nayland preached. The: ordination fervice- ©
was begun by. Mr. Gann of RaGleighy with prayer and reading the Serip-
tures. Mr. Ray of Sudbury gave an account of a goſpel church, aſked /
the queſtions, and prayed the ordination-prayer.'\Mr. Crathern of Dedham ,
gave the charge, from Rev. ii. 10. Mr. Alkinſon of Ipiwich preached to
the from 1 Theſſ. iii. 12, and 13. Me. Bromiley of Needham Mar-

| ket concluded withprayer. Mr. Taylor oi Golcheſter gave out the hymns.

The intereſt of Chrift was in a very. tow ſtate, hen Providence directed
Mr. Hordle thither in March 1799. Immediately: many: flocked to liear ; '
and the word of the Lord has vince had free courſe and been glorified, bot
in the hearts and lives of many, who are now Witneſſes for the truth as it is
in Jeſus. The old plate of worſhip not being large enough to contain the
hearers,'and alſo being in a ruinous ſtate, has been taken, down anda larger |
building eretted. A general concern is man feſted among the inbabitants

about religion, which. we truſt will be overruled by God for the ſalvation
of many who are yet dead in treſpaiſes and fins. _ e

WINCANTON CHAPEL,

On. Tueſday, Sept. 18, 1800, anew chapel was opened at Wincanton,
in the county of Somerſet, where an independent congregation aſſemble
for warſhip, under the paſtoral care of the Rev. William Warlow, late ſtu-
dent in the Academy, HoxtMn, London. „

The preceding evening Mr. Lewis of Chellwood preached, from Joh _
Xix, 25. The Wiltſhire aſſociated miniſters, with others, were preſent on the
<«calion, Mr. Jackſon of Warminſter began by reading W

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2 12 "iow concluded eee after the morning ſervice the - Piny.of '
the Lord's ſupper was admin iſtered to the members of the ſeveral neigh-
\ bovring churches: Meſfrs, Hey of Briſtol, and Hz att eme a drefl
me people. Meſſrs. Hoper, Mantle, Sibree, and Herdfman, diftributec 1
we elements; and Mr. eſton of Sherborne cloſed with prayer. ;
5 0 Serie degan in the afternoon at free o clock. My, Morren of Woot,
I ors Davy of London preached, from Exch. i. latter end of the,
5 it verſe; and Act of Yeovil ended with prayer.

9 In the evening N Edwards of Wilton . Mr. Hey, preached,.

- og Tuke iv. 17. ; and Mr. Banniſter of ham concluded.
Du next morning 1 8 t half paſt ix o'clock Hernan of Soutn Pe.
1 | thenton prayed z ibree of Proome preat hid Matt. viii. 10. 7
3 + and Mr. — — of Shaftſbury diſmiſſed the. ee by prayer.
| The whole of the exerciſes were condufted with regularity and ou,

nel, the preſence of God was felt among the people,z and we truſt; that
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Efcgation, was. ordained, over the independent church at Wimbourne, |
| 2 8 the Rev. John Foxell, late a. ſtudent at Hoxton. The ſer
vices of che day were opened with prayer, and reading the Scriptures, by
Mr. W. Hopkins of Chriſtchurch. Mr. T. Lewis of Ringwood de-
Tivered the introduttoty diſcourſe, propoſed the uſual queſtions, and re-
ceired the anſwers; Mr. Aſhburner ot Poole prayedithe ordination ol acct
li laying on of bands. Mr. -Sibree of Foam gave an affe nate
berge, grounded upon Daniel xii. 3. Mr. Field — Blandford engaged
in, the intercefſory prayer. Mr. Adams of Sabſb Tee wit to the
people, from Eph. iv, 2.4. and Mr. Golding of Bland :
Prayer. Mr, Boiley of Saliſbury {wh out the hymns? © 41 -

15 the evening Mr. Bennett of ſey preached, from Luke i. 7251 *
Mens. Gambvl of Sydling, Sedeole of Swanage, Uudererood of Dorchel.
der, and Weſton of Sherborne, engaged in prayer. Suitable hymns were

| given ont by Meſſrs. M. Gibbon, Warlow, and Underwood.” .
On the preceding evening. the Rey. Benjamin Cracknell of Warebam
preached, from-s Pet. iii. 18. firſt part. The; ſervices were r g *

e and attended with _ atisfaRtion, . .

os. x 3. Rev. William Kei. hte ſtudent at Hoxton ch was
| ; privined paſtor of the Independent Church. at Grayeſend. Mr. Raiph, of
W _ - Maiditone, began the ſervice by prayer and reading the.ſcriptures. Mr.
[ Slatterie, of Chatham, £xplained the nature of a Goſpel church, aſked the
| — queltions, and received the confeſſion. Mr. Simpion (tutor). prayed the
| - ordimationprayer.” Mr. Wearing, Rendham (late paſtor) gave the charge,
_- from 1 Tim. iv. 16. . Take heed to thyſelf and unto thy doctrines, &c.
4 Mr. Podmore, Tunbridge, prayed the general prayer. Mr. Barber, Lone
& don, preached te the peop e, from Iſaiah lii. 2. And Mr. Knight, Night-
igngale Lane, concluded the ſervice, Mr. Thornton, Bellericay, gave out
| the bymns. Mr. Simplon preached in the morning, from John iii. 16.
1 For God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.“ |
1 All the ſervices were conducted with great ſole mnity, the houſe was

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Tube weakneis of our grace: 5
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Perfectly cleans'd in blood divine,
And ſee our Saviour's face.
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When trials 9 1 Ly. 5 Moy thy own voice, in my crits

Inſpire my tardy pace. : breath,
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and when eventually he became loſt to their fociety, few
wen have ever been, more. 1 Long, 'bowever,
were ſuch. Conn IO a fg! Him; d his emaricipation
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in London. Ne had been thentTeveral years under
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Tat 2 he was appointed haplain Morden. Colle ege, 897
1 5 - Blackbeath, about, the year. 173. 1 u the intereſt of
| the late Lord Dacre, of Lee, hjs' worthy riend and patron,
to whom he e had been Chaplain from the deceaſe, pf bis
predeceſſor in the title, Lord Djere.'s 'of Aveley, far
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at Car Jalton, Surry, as Curate tg the Rev.

5 TIED rthy Rector of Beckenham: here h he remained |

| for three years, 16 had much acceptance. ?”
Tender. healthy. and being ſubject 5 the ag e, having
prevented reſidence on his living; at the Rev. Mr. Fo/ter”s

invitation he removed to London, to be his affiſtant, and ſo

continued until Mr. Fs health being eſtabliſhed, and the
_ afterngon joint Lecture of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, offered
bim in 1796, to which the Sunda we Arias LeAure of St.

18 ſoon da, is reſpec table connexion. was diſ- |

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AJ ap e fererdh little dijordered: bis mind, it Was plain

the fever

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een to chim. and crying out, 4 Lord help:
| th ae et up- hou haſt all power FTbou wilt kelp. xo
e often expreſſed his Aatis faction ati being in Made
ley,: _ the very place, of all others, where he ſhould
wiſh to end his days; and it was evident from the EG"
ning, he expected this illneſs ud prove, His lat.
ſpoke of F And obletved at thé ſame 1 |
that hi e dependance was upon a crurifted Saviour;
on e his hopes were built as the only ſure founs:
dation. Ie felt himſelf to be the chief 2 ener, and la-
me! ted bis unprofitͤbleneſs. But oh H her exelaimed,
*-thiatopen. fountain! There 1 reſt; all; my confidenver=s'

Was it not for that I 'ſhould have. no hope $60 e ee 1 f |

One time when Mrs. Pattrick war Gtting by his bad-fide, _
he ſaid with gieat ſolemnity t Theſe, are fine words
« Lam the reſurreQion and the life. ſaith the Lord; he that
believeth in me, though he were 15 yet ſtiall he live;
and he that liveth and believeth me; ſhall never die l.
helieveſt thou, this?“ Aud wi great. emphaſis added;
«+ That's the point.“ nc ee e e nee

Hig friends, fearing — exhauſted tors with too much
ſpeaking, begged he would compoſe himſelf and take ſume
reſt; but he replied, No interruption. 1 Muſt ſpeaks i.
the time is expired 1if, L ſtop, the enemy will gain ground?

The accuſer: of tlie brethren, who knew his time was
thort, did not fail to fwot his darts: but he took refuge: in
Jeſus, and was more than conquer or.

On Saturday (September 13) he ſuffered much, had Ute -
ſleep; and waz very reſtleſs. But then, as throughout the
whole of his ilinels, his patience was exemplary ;; not a

complaining word ever efcaped his lips 5 and now his ſoul .
ſeemed more than'ever on the wing.

The few ede hours of his life” below, were moſtly

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pbor, Wenk; finfud-credture-;. but if any ſin remains in mer
e it away; take aaf everf ſpot.” Wies WAITE ee
Atandther ume be ind, But Lord, haſt thou het fd:

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pon after hr. ſaid, ö E think I amm peur high upon the-
| mount E ano TUCOERIS US WAR |
7 -When he heard the bells ring; for church vn Sunday - 3
1 4 144: he2atked what it was? On being! informed he" .
3 ed=+< How often have I gone up with joy to Orff
1 in the afſemb] y-of :thy-ſaints/”:. 89 . Mi, ee
5 About four er in the afternoon he vas feized: with'a
1 | compulſion; which-did-not' tat-long.., 80 ſoon as lie a little
_ revived,' he began again, with a clear ſtrong voice, more
1 tot addreſ(s.thoſe that were ahout him. RN
friends, it is an awful thing to die! O prepare for eiern 0
4 -H6othen-affered his dying petition for his dear wife and -
children ;=© Lord FOE, he widow and fatherlefs, in
cee.very diſpenſation that may occur! He was requeſted by
KS Mrs. Ferriday not to exert himſelf fo much; but he an-
ſwered ! My dear mother, moſt. | God has given me
fſtrength, and I muſt uſe it.“ Soon after, lifting up his
hands in an extacy, and with a volce and manner that can-
nat be 1 imed, God is all in all! Come
Lord Jeſus, now come |. Lam Gocs, and God is mine -
_ Vhrifl is mine Heaven is mine - Glory is mine l Glory,
glory be to God fer ä and Amen.
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| And wipe the tears for ever from is ches.

Ale deperted this life about five . the. Sabbath |

ening, the l ath of September 1800, in about the at
years his age, and the 30th of his miniſtry. N

On the Wedneſday following his remains were interned |
in Madeley church, Col by the tomb of the Rev. Mr,
Hlete lur, late Vicar thereof; and near the ſpot, where, fix
years ago, with fervent pe, he laid the foundation Lobe

of the new chur ent.. ;

The ſolemn providence was improced-is ro ſeveral pulpits 3;
in the. metropolis, when his dying experience Was read. 4
And on Sunday the 5th. of October, his funeral ſermon “!

was preached at St. Leonard's church, Shoreditch, by the
Rev. Mr. Williams; of High Wycombe. Such was the re-
ſpeckipaid to his memory, that this very ſpacious building
was crowded to an e before divine. ſervice

eommenced: it is compute ae (thouſand peiſons

were within the walls, ſides in the church<yard
who were unable to procure admiſſion. Prayers were read

by eee and the Pulpit, Tay bung in black on the oc 5 :

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In his general deportment; he was ever diſtinguiſhed b
cs, ee and humility; and. few men ſeemed
mere likely to Iiue down that rejudice, which by many is
unfortunately conceived. ld

ln his domeſtic and familiar;habits; he was an affection-

ate huſband; an indulgent parent, a kind maſter, and a
warm, generous, and faithful friend: : His manners were po-

liſhed; he had ſeen much of life, and made che grand tour
las it 1s called) on the continent; but ſaid; little as to either
what he had heard or ſeen: before ſtrangers, he had con-
ſiderable reſetve; with intimate friends, he was always

the pak e of the Goſpel.

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50 Ave Minfftr., Higptinei es” were Calyiniſtie; andifich =
he eonceived the artieles of the Ciiurch of Eiigland tobe; but
he was by no means what id called high inthe doftrivies, ne -
nevet made them the ſum and Abe o he preaching! | 5
When they occurred, they were fairly ſtated, and always pr
_ Weally applied. In inn, 18 well as in' His ideas of aten e:
verhment, though fed himſelf; be had the utmoſt liberality'--
towards others!” Aid wie he erfforced e auh counſel of
Sed“ with great faſthfulthefs and eneng} He dil it in ay
Lending more to concifite thin'cenfoinds! Yihead of drtomg
the vicious and profaue om his preſt ces de ratffer ititrestell
F to ſtay and be reformed.” Exceptiug in the beten
1 his\\v6ice,"He- Was mere of # Barnabas that a
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6 . the aleo our friend bad eds esdolstion, anden
vitiated by a foreign agcent he had unfortunately contracded, end
Which Tentleted' the pronuneistion of ſome Words ver y grating |
to eats nicely tuned to harmony, it was "always dem, ebe:
Tally commaniding, and: often remarkably imprefßve. /IFhe
_ Higeſt cburches wefe Killed by him with apparent eaſe; and
what” exceeded, and Was of HY greater importante, The.
preached with a divine unction from above, and the word dane
wil power and demonſtration of tlie Spirit of God..
No wonder, with ſuch grace and gifts, that his popularity
8 great, and that he ſtod in the fore mòſt rank as a preacher
of the*Goſpel. But truth, which is ſuperior to friendlhip,
-otdpbls me to obſerve, that in his peculiar” "method of difcul-
- fon) he was rather to be admired thin imitated. It muff be
cofefled, that at titnes he was rather ſapetficial than ſolid.
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I Þ have heard our dear brother candidly Wohſele bir ru
this refpet- And. of late, if his N were Toſs Feb
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ſhming light, and was a living lecture to all areund. "He was
eminently a man of prayer, and far exceeded ordinary Chri-
tians in this reſſ 4. Fo At a time, when af the. few: ene knen 6
him, ſome We very fl ightly.of his religion, he had a man
ſervant, who ſeemed; very ſeriouſly diſpoſed; and "with whom .
he conſtantiy praged, and read the ſcriptures” daily, An
whenche ſertied at Morden College; previous to his 1
he daily ſet apart ſome time for religious conference and
with an aged domeſtic, whom he employed as his houſekeeper.

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conſolation, advice, and reproof. Thoſe. who © in need, ſor-
row, ſiekneſs, or other adverlity,” had onegbeen viſited by him.
were ever anxious of ſeeing him again ufider fimilar. circum -
ſtances; and few of them but gave him the preference, in cheſe
ſituations, to every other miniſter of their acquaintances, 5» + - *

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have come within the perſonal knowledge of the writer of this
artiete) he gave this · beſt and moſt irkſome proof of friei #
from which — defire to be excuſed, and blended: Tech
ſuavity of manners with integrity of defign, that his reproats --
were truly moſt excellent oil: however n none co,
reaſonably be offendedl. e

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Ive — particular, on this point, for th benefit of my younger
breiten n 'be miniſtryt many of whom ſeem to de tete e-
mend! lng flimſy, rambling, Iaz kind of preaching.—Satished with what
ma de Thid from the analogy of faith, rather than bat 75 to be Mill from
the text, and thus ſubjects are ſkimmed; not-fathomed 5 propoſedz/not .
5 euſſed a ſound is ſuliſtizuted, for ſenſe 3 the molt ful place ĩn the wand
is made a ſcene of amuſ-ment ; a ſtyle »pproaching to the burleſgue.f
ph cs ſaund ſpeech got to he condemned; the dignity of the pvlpit-1 is
baſed ; the taſte of hearers is gradually viriated; and, whit is Worſe, and
Mock iin d no relate, this Crudis et indigeſta roles "this chaos, without orm
and voidy i is Qried AP. under the proves e of ſuperior ann a the
Holy Spirit. 7

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bears ündoubted interN þ of praj ot being the. wok of the ro re
This, and his Sermon preached Dec. 4. 17 65 at St. Leonard's, are all his
printed works that I have met with. Bu his friends pope to publiſh a
lum of his Diſcourſes by ſubſcriptions with his portrait.

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Tas no leſs trouble to me than F your coming
to viſit me fell out when I was from home:--1/ came not
| Home: chat night, elſe it ſhould have gone hard, but I m
xe ſeen you next; morning. Lam much engaged to
ſor your loving and Chriſtian letters, and for your Kind 0!
whereia, 4; with I could comply with you; but my vis
condition, now very near her time, to ſpeak of nothing
bd forbids me to think of being much from home at or
Hs ſent: That uhich ye have feared is hegun now to come
ed e f fay begun, for I am apt to think this doth but
ad the way to ſomething more, and is but the dropping
deore a ſtofm. But whatever it be, the Lord Prepare: uy
for it, and his will be done.
. 3 eople here had a he p arting.” My. con.
0 ation was affected beyond my expectation: the like 1
| ar of other' places n The Lord help us more
© ſeriouſly to lay it to heart, and humble us under his mighty

* Mr. Ely was vicar of Henham | in Efſex. | After his eje&ment he lived
Wt * 3 « Biſhop, torgford. He was a great critic ih Greek and Hebrew,
8 the Qriental tongues, and à mud of great borth, buy e n.
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The Lord hath already, ſince my Row on TRY my
place (praiſed be his holy name l) given me ſome taſte .
his fatherly goadneſs and providence, which I look on
an engagement t6.dependance on him for the time to come.
I with 1 could bring my heart to ſay with that reverend
man, Mr. Dodd, «I had as lieve God ſhould keep: the

purſe as J.“

Now is a time fur the juſt to
firengthen faith in us, and help us by a
to ſtop the mouth of malice, and put to ſilence the ig

rance of fooliſh men. 80 long as We have 2 80880

good cauſe, and a good conſcience why ſhoul
look ur I fear there. i is hot Toxin

| for the threats of men?
behind; the Lord proportion our, ſtrength to whatever be
calls us to, and ſo aſſiſt us by his grace, that we may not

flinch, nor faint, in the day of adverfity!

Lam much pleaſed with your exp!
the life of faith, and deſire I may. be the better for.th

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us, not only to run with the footmen, but contend with the;
horſemen; and-uphold us in the ſwellings of Jordan. If we
$0 through fire 1 water, (6: God be with us, we ſhall have
no harm. Ifatah, xliii. 2

might unto all patience ard long-ſuffering with joyfulneſs.”
The Lord teach us a ſuitable improvement of

Col. j. 11

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eMiQion, and we nced not doubt of a happy iſſue out of it.
How black focver the cloud be, I hope it will clear up: 2

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heart; and as Divine Providetite has now removed you from
under my roof; I'tan need no apology for addreſſing a f
1 to you for your futute attention in liſe,
. which, however in theinſelves' imperfect, have at leaſt this
recginuatendation, qhat they are dictated by the ſincere emo-

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where yo are; and to whom you owe ſo many obligations,
and that you will always endedvour, by X conſeientious di-
2 of your duty, to Fecure a continuarice of 'theirre-"

rd. Let integrity and uprightneſs guide your unctions, and

Ky, in the Arength of God, from every thing mean and
Jiſonourabhle. Be aſſured, that · next to the Divine · bleſſing,
nothing will be of ſo much advantage to JO ad! to eder,

into lite, with a fair and upright, character.

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read ſuch books only. as have moral or religious ten-
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n ſexes will have reaſon for ever to curſe thoſe

Writers who poiſon and pervert the Hearts and morxis of the

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elegant and refined, and who babe no, direct tendengy to

carefully avgided; eſpecially by you, whoſe leiſure moments
dan be better employed. For my own part, I freely con-

feſs, that, on the review of my paſt life, I cannot but bit-

corrupt gur morals: but being of no real utility, ſhould be
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terly lament the precious hours. which I haye waſted, or

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more properly ſpeaking,

murdered,

in reading unprofitahle

books; and, I Know not how to expreſs my unfeigned for-

row fan ſuch folly more ſuitably than in the words of the late
Ne. James Hervey, in a letter to one of his friends.
« Now I apprehend myſelf near the cloſe of life, and ſtand
as it were on the brink of the grave, with eternity full in

my view; perhaps my dear friend
ſentiments in this awful ſituation.

will deſire to know my
At ſuch a juncture the

mind is moſt unprejudiced, and the judgment not ſo liable

to be dazzled by the glitter of word

too fond of reading: every thing vafusbie and elegant that.

has been penned in our language;

larly charmed wih the Hifforians, Oratörs, and Posts g

ly objects. I have been

Aid have been par ticu-

antiquity ; but, was I now to renew my ftudies, I would:

take leave df thoſe accomplithed triſies: I Would reſign he .

delights of modern wits, amuſements, and eloquence, and
devote my attention to the Scriptures of trilth: 1 would fit.-
with much greater aſſiduſty at my divine Maſter's feet and,

defire to know nothing biit jeſus Ch
Were 4, my ſon, (next to the ble!
commend a book to your particula

rift; and him crucified,”
ſed book of God) to re.
r attention, it ſhould be

the Pilgrim of good John Bunyan, — for ſound truth, good
ſenſe, and the moſt pleaſing ingenuity, I do not know its
equal; and as it may give. fome weight to my teſtimony,

you will permit me tv tranſcribe iis character, as given by
the elegant pen of my favourite poet Cowper. 8

.. ** Ingenious dreamer, in whoſe well-told tale,

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Magazine is truly an; important one, not only to
yourſelf but to gall unmarried. perſons profeſſing Chriſtianity.;

[ 46, it ſhould be anſwered with prudence and ſeriouſneſs,

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genial to our Own. - Indeed the peace, the comfort, and
the permanency of ſuch connexions depend upon this point.

If there is any juſtice In this remark. when applied to ſitu-

ations of inferior moment, and which may be changed at

pleaſure, how much more ſtrongly, will it bear upon à con-
-. nexion, ſo near, ſo important, and ſo laſting as that of the

married ſtate. If there is any one ſubject more than ano-=

ther, in which a diverſity of ſentiment, of feeling, and of

ation, is likely to be productive of inconvenience in a
"married ſlate, it is in that of religion. The plain and ex-

plicit deciſion of chriſtian prudence then is, that the be-
liever ſhould, not be joined to the unbeliever, nor the child

of light to the child of darkneſs. The great bond of union
muſt inevitably. be wanting. In all the great branches of
regions faith, experience, and prattice you would, you
mußt ara dterent. Ways.
The great impropriety and danger of ſuch a union, may
alſo be argued upon the ground of its being a conſtant and
powerful preventative to your prone in \the knowledge,

tian is fo ſituated in her calling and connexions that every

thing ſeems propitious to her advancement.inthe divine life,
8 P Pl 4 . : 485

there will yet remain 99 gp Without, many enemies,
and many difficulties to obſtruEt her in running the chriſtian
race.” But to enter into a connexion ſo near, with one who,

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expect? But that it would produce ſuch an influence upon
her ſpirit and conduct, as would in every direction prove

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inimical-to the proſperity of her ſoul. .

But the principal arguments to be offered againſt ſuch a
union, ſhall be drawn from the Holy Seriptures. Before
this authority doubtlefs your judgment, conſcience, and
inclination, will bow with profound reſpet. Vea, me-

thinks I hear you ſay, * Lord what wilt thou have me to

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do.” Acts ix. 6.

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inſpiration, which very ſtrongly imply what line of conduct -

you ought to purſuc under your preſent embarraſſment;
Can two walk together except they be agreed?” Amos

i. 3. What fellowſhip hath righteouſneſs with unrigh-

teouſneſs'? and what communion bath light with darknels? |

and what concord hath Chriſt with Belial? or what _
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ALS bi Na he expreſſed his with to have a wife from among the

hiliſtines) expoſtulate with him in the following beautiful
and impreſſive paſſage: Is there never a woman among the

daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou
2 to take a wife of the uncircutnciſed Philiſtines?“ If

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_ "Sampſon had at all liſtened to his judgment or his con-
ſioeience, he muſt have felt the force of this parental and af-
fectionate admonition. Inſtead of Which, yielding to the
imperious ſway of his paſſion'for this fair Philiſtins, he re-
Plied roughly. Get her for me; for the pleaſethi me well.“
Judges iv. 2, 3. He ſucceeded in his wiſh; but the iſſue
of this connexion was truly diſaſtrous. He was enſnared
Py the finful practices of her country, the Spirit of the Lord
5 departed from him, and Sampſon, a child of promiſe and
of many. prayers, the morning of whoſe life opened with
ſo much ſerenity and ſplendor, in the evening! of life goes
Into eternity ſurrounded with - ſtorms and tempeſts. The
-firft ſtep towards all the accumulated miſery which ulti-
_ "mately overtook this great man; was laid in his violation of

an expreſs law againſt intermarrving with the Canaanites. |
% Neither ſhalt thou make marriages with them, thy daugh-

ter thou ſhalt not give unto his ſon, nor his daughter ſhalt

thou take to thy ſon.” Deut. vii. z
But you ſay we are under a new diſpenſation, what is the
Cbriſtian law in regard to this queſtion ? are you prepared
© ,for the anſwer? are you fixed in your determination to abide
by its decifion? It is ſtrongly implied in, and is juſtly in-
ferred from the following 1criptures': “ Be not unequally
yoked together with unbelicyeny” 2 Cor: vi. 14. The fame
Apeſtle writing to the ſame church, and ſpeaking expreſsly
upon the ſubject of a Chriftian woman marrying, fpeaks
thus: She is at liberty to be married to whom ſhe will,
_.._ only in the Lord.” (i Cor. vii. 39.) Here then, Chriſti-
ana, is a plain Anſwer to your Enquiry; and with theſe
paſſages before your eyes, you ought not to heſitate for a
moment as: to me path of d 77 SE HE IE
Iwill only detain you and the reader a ſhort time, whilſt
I thew you, that experience and matter of fact, furniſh
ſtrong ground of objection to a Chriſtian marrying an unbe-
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roborating proofs of the evil of being unequally Joced.
But in the face of theſe, precepts, and theſe examples,

ſome Chriftian females have ruſhed into this unhallowed

moral and, well-
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time reſtrained them, by ſome ſuch pleafing reverie as this;

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that if Jam prudent, humble, and holy in my walk, I may

e picking of God, influence him to attend the ſame
ace of worff

of, one to guide and counſel her under embarraſſments, to
ſympathize with her in ſpiritual conflicts and diſcourage-
ments, and to ſtimulate and rouſe her in ſeaſons of ſpiritual
deadneſs and declenſion. Had ſhe. been joined to one who
was a fellow-heir with her of * the grace of life.” 1 Peter

Iii. 7. this had been f Inſtead of which,

- the finds a hindrance where

nndrance where ſhe ſhould have found a helper,
and ſo contrary, to her own, is the temper and employment

of her partner, eſpecially on the Lord's day, that ſhe is
_ reduced to the {ad alternative, of either incurring the marked
diſpleaſure of her neareſt friend on earth, or diſobey her
Lord who is in heaven. The conflict unfortunately iſſues,
in religious principle yielding to natural affection, and
then the public duties of religion are neglected, worldly
company becomes a ſnare, the ſeriouſneſs of the ſpirit is

injured, the duties of retirement are regarded, if not with
leſs frequency, yet, with much leſs ardour and ſpirituality,
and this imprudent connexion has. become for years the

fruitful ſource not only of much regret, but of long-conti-

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converſation.” But alas] how fallacious does this reaſoning
at laſt appear. Inſtead of realizing theſe views, the ſerious
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certain. ceremonies, I have no right to pronounce him either 5

an heretic or a ſchiſmatic. For what's bn? Shim is
properly, A diviſion or diſunion in bodies

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be united in the tendereſt and ſtrongeſt ties,” But let us re-

Py member, it is ſentiment, rather than Seebad that is tie

bond. of that union. Ons of Chriſt's followers may

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not only law ful, but proper to eat. And another may obſetve
times and ſeaſons. for which I ſee no divine > wa but
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and ſpirit, prove that he loves the Lord Jeſus Chriſt in ſincerity. |

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matters, is N much the ſame as ſedition and rebellion :
civil concerns,” But what are theſe but the evidence of en-
mity, oppoſition, or reſiſtance to the Sovereign? Conſequently |
nothing deſerves the name of ſchiſm but that which is Op role ;
to the will, the word, or the glory of Jeſus Chriſt, the ſove-
reign-and ſupteme hed of the church. But if a chorch im-
poſe any thing, for which, to me, there appears no ſcriptural.

authority; or if the inioifter appointed militate againſt the
truth as it is in Jeſus; if he be profane in his converſation, -

or groſſly immoral in his conduct; if it be my duty to with-

.draw trom every brother that walketh diforderly, and if Chriſt
has aſſured me in his word that his followers have ſuch an in-
timate, | had almoſt faid fuch an intuitive, acquaintance with

his voice, that they neither approve nor will follow. the voice of

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9 the. Pal 1 58 Vu eee "Waldenſes;"

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the bf principles, of Chriſtianity, and theſe are. fully and,
_ clearly laid down in the New Teſfament'; and if any teach not
that doctrine: or walk bot by that rule; I am neither to hear
him atedly, .t0:rdcgine bim-into:my;houle; or to bid him G
ſpeed, Truth is f infinite importance, and our duty is o
purchaſe it at any price, hut ta part with it-for-no price. If any
teach not that doctrine, mark that man; have no fellowſhip”

With him, eome out from himꝭ and follow the Lord faithfully
and fully. But let us not indiilge an” uncharitable or cenſo-
. rions ſpirit toward any. Chriſt is not divided, neither let us
ſuppoſe that he is canfined to any. peculiar denomination. Let
none ol us judge a brother as an enemy to Chriſt, becauſe he
_ unites not wirt our party. The Difſtnter, who is truly evan-

* galical in his ſentiments, may be no ſchiſmatie. Though be
unite not with vs in our modes and forms, he may, notwith- :

ſand! ing, be a true Chriſtian, who worſkips God in ſpirit, re-

Joices iv Chriſt. Jeſus, and places no confidence in the Leh.
On this other band, the E r 0-47 with all his peculiar at-

_ tathinents toſhis forms and ceremonies; may be one who loves
the Lord Jefus Chriſt in ſincerity. Let, then; both of them
loye as brethiren, chaving compaſſion one of another, and diſ-
cover. pity. and, courteſy one toward another; remembering,
that if any man deſire to know and db the will of God; if 2
honeſtly aud diligently ſearch che Scriptures, and pray to be

led into all truth God will hew it Him. Hard games are |

not. convincing. arguments; they rather tend to irtitate than
either to allurs or ta unit. My: concluding, advice then to all

thoſe, of every denumination, who make Chriſt the foundation

of their faith, aud hold him as me; head, ſhall; in the language
of Joleph: to bis brachron, my See chat ye fall not out by.
the Way. 1 1% 5 45 Ol | „e

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with this anecdote 97 Volaey s acknowledgment of God,
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«Stormy wind fulfilling his word.” Pſalm culviti. 8

"of tracl calls u 4 the whole univerſe. to Anm

in the delightful work of praifing the Lord. We
leads the mathe, 220 invites 100 Tereſa worlds to j
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inanimate works of God muſt not be excuſed from heari
x 2 pat in the general chorus. They may be mute themſelv
but they praiſe their Maker, by affording man an occaſion

Ts the Pfatm from which the motto is ſele&ed, the ſweet

of cele rating the perfections of God difplayed in their for- of
mation. Thus' man becomes “ the ' world's high prieſt.” _
The inanimate and brate creation bring, as it were, their

ſacrifices tö his feet, and it is his honburable office to pre-
ſent them: for rational creatures of every: order and ſitua-

tion are called upon to ſwell the notes of praiſe.” Muſic is

comp poſed of a'variety of notes. har monioufly united; and
the mu

properties. The ſtormy wind” may be called one of the
notes, deep and awful i in itſelf, but equally neceſſary as the
reſt, and equally ſubſervient to his 'plealure, the ſtormy
wind fulfilling his word.”

The late tremendous ffotm ſeems, in a peculiar manner, |

to call Our thoughts to that God who “ rideth upon the

wings of the wind,“ and rules the tumultuous elements of
the world by laws of infinite wiſdom. The wind which
blows, and fpreads its awful alarms, may teach us uſeful

leſſans of humbie and W obedience, finee wild and
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judgment, and in plenty. of juſtice.” Thus do tlie“ Philo
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was required. , Among the Greeks and Romans we meer

With a Jupiter wielding the thunder and the ligtuningꝭ and

__an Kolus ruling over the winds; but the Bible teachetſt us
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thuadtreth marvellbuſly, and directeth the lightning; he
boldeth<the wind in His fiſt,“ raiſeti the ſtorm; or Tay}
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For varipus purpoſes of merey or of judzment tlie winde
are commrffioned: to blow, and the ſtorm to rage. Pha
profperotiis breeze fils the expanded ſails: of navigationz

whereby intercoutſe is maintained between diſtant thores,
and uſeful commodities mutually interchanged for general
advantage. ' By the aids of navigation, tlie devoted mif-
fionary carries the Goſpel to ignorant elimes, and tothe
iſles afar off upon the fea: but what were the ſkilfof the
mariner, and the matiner's compaſs itſeff, if there were

no winds to watt the ſhip to the deſired haven? he wind

gives motion to many an uſeful! machine of human inge
nuity, where rivers do not flow. Winds fan the air in ſultry
regions, and fweep the chambers of the atmoſphere, which,
without ſuch ſalutary motion, would every where: become
a ſtagnant, putrid maſs, unfit for reſpiration, and impreg-
nated with diſorders and death. The wind: paſſeth and
cleanſeth the clouds,” and by the wind the feeds of the de-
getable tribes are ſcattered abroad, whereby the bounteous
_ Giver of every mercy - ſpreads a common, feaſt for all that
lives.“ But the ſame element fulfills the word of God, for
awful purpoſes of judgment, when he Is pleafed to chaſtiſe
or deſtroy his offending creatures. The ſtorm rages; and
gradually commences an hurricane; to alarm the ſtouteſt
heart of man. The whirling tempeſt: raves; it faſtens its
fury on tlie thatched cottage, and thakes the lordiy roof.
The trees of the foreſt bend before its fury many an aged
bak ſheds its feattered branches: while&wothers,-not fo firmly +
rooted, are toru up, to leave theit teſtimony to the tremen-
dous power ot the ſtormy wind. How uncertain is human
Rappinefs! While Job's ſons and daughters were enjoying
themſelves, behold there came a great wind from the wil⸗
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for he commandeth, and raiſeth the
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Heads, and we have been mercifully preſetved. Let us
now liſten to the voice of that ſacred inſtrudtion which the
wind may teach us When bur L. ord Was inſtructing Nico-

; rr ety! on the fabje& of regeneration, he bids him hear the

wind for an e of the doctrine: The wind

| bloweth Where it liſteth, and thou heareft the ſound thereof,

but canſt not tell whence it cometh; nor whither it goeth ;

o is every one that is borg of the Spirit.“ The divine 46.

fluence of Mercy is ſovereign; powerful, purifying and in-
viſible,” The wind bloweth where'it tech, of .
' the will of man; and thus the Lord ſhoweth mercy bn whom

"be will have mercy, ' The' wes is a powerful agent in na-
"ture; and the objects of mercy are made willing in the day

Benerzting influence puriſies the finner's heart. But will
any atk, as Nicodemus did, + How can theſe things be?”
'becauſe'this bleſſed work of metcy i in the new birth is ſe-
cret and inviible. We may aſk in return, whether they

nare ever ſeen the wind, or can they acebunt for its origin

and power? Thou heareſt the found thereof,” but canſt

not tell whence it cometh.“ As well may the infidel; ör

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earthquake.in his, ſoul, cried. with, a loud val ind us
trembling, + « Sirs,. what maſt 1 da to to be ſave ; |
ous are the works of God, in the operations f n |
grace. It is an happineſs, however, to he e the
enjoyment of divine mercy, whether en A . ed, '
alarmed; whether we are drawn bY 05 of love.
8 driven 8 awful terrors of th heat _ wie |
O thou G of. Mercy, bring 155 101 55 elf. Awake
north wind, and come thou touth bo blow upon, my 1 5

that, the ſpices. thereof may flow. forth?! in numerous an
beautiful, «* "fruits of righteouſneſs, 1 ich, dre . Jeſus Chrif
unto. the glory and praiſe. of a "Hot
When we have — the ſound of if the 1 wind „and
have been informed of its awful effects, let ee fear
that. great and power ul. God, who“ bringeth the wind. We
of his treaſuries.”” -Ought not the. wicked 15 tremble Ad is
frown ? the moſt. hardened. infidels have felt their, hearts
fail them. When « the Lord ſent out a great wind, into the
ſea, aud there was a mighty tempeſt in the. ſea, ſo that the
ſhip was like to be broken; then the heathen, Manipers 775
afraid, and cried every man to his god.“ Voltaire and Fal-
ney have been Atheiſts when the weather. was, calm as
ſtorm has: frightened. them to the . leds quent, ofa
Sod. But there is another ſtorm, whi ſhortly o
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the Lord jeſus is Is 4. irong lower? et us run unto ĩ \that |
| Bar ek, hear the Rorm e — rh heck e
approach to hurt him. He may be . toſſed with a tempeſt,
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learn obedience from its æample. Hhegunruly elements, 2s
we call them, obey their Lord. But men art more unruly
While univerſal nature proclaims the perfections

of its Maker: and Governor, O that men wauſd joig the
charmony in their obedient praiſe. Then may we look for-
4 ta another region, e is calm and peace, and

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Brock tt wholly Rod Vt. we 0 9D i Ee
=a&ibeation of the whole perſon : and, OR
Th. e of all the degrees Tha Aification,
I get the San#ification of the whole Perſon. vg
9 to be the mind pf the Apoſtle in the
words 7 rh God your whole ſpirits foul, and. body, fe
7. — L .“ As if he ſhould ſay, as the who
. is b bene of a body. which i is material. ſeen, and |
mortal; ſo he has alſo a ſpirit aud ſou}, immaterial, unſeen
aud immortal. There is, however, a difficul in the
words; 4 difficulty felt by eyery- perſon conver! ſant 10 the
feriptures, and which is noticed by moſt” af our ſacred
Eritics. It ſeems to turn upon this point, Does the Apoſtle
5 divide the whole man into thre component parts ? Ms
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eine 'of the FA JagOreal,' e e, vin Stoie Phitofo.-
who confedered ih. contfiſting” of three parts; of
rational; and an animal; or fenſitive ſoul, diſtinc from one
another, And oA ody dhſtingt from both.“ We ſhalt not
deten you with mueh critieiſm as to the differente betwint
male à pirit7ahd/Ju59;, ſoul ;* N Ahl oi ſay the word /pirit t
is tb he” confideret;” arrording to t notion, as meaning
benen # more noble chan the word % fout?”: This is ſup
Sed to beifhiuſtruted by 1 Cor. ii. 14. „ The naturat inn
ret h Hot ehe things of the ſpirit, Jvycn” from CNαν Ts
here trahflated the wan tlie ah], man; which'cannoy
_ receive thethinigs/of tho pirit, it is ſo much inferior: ah
James Hi ts, here ſpeaking of the wiſdom which is
of” from” above, ne“ ſays it is Anu. The word there
Ct Glad dee the word tranſ)ated ou in Gurtext.
S0 that hero, to! this mode intetpretution; and this di-
| Linen of bee 0 nan we are to underttand by nl, nit,
the rationaF; and immortal part of man ; and b — |
the animal, tlie fenfitive part of man But H ad
appeat to ſome that there is à reference to the phil
of Greece, yet others have entertained a diſforent opinion.
Indeed one would" rather che- Apoſtie had taken his ideas f
tlrè nature of i man from the word of Godythran from the writs
ings of the heathen; The fact is, tha ar wores ſpirit and foul
are uſed ſynonfmouſſy anch often in en in the Word of
God tö repreſent the immaterial Sblek | part ot. man. 1
will onty, on vat three” paſſages , froth very many, in which
the inferior word $vg6n, foul; means the rational part of man
as forcibly as the word i, ſpirit. Matth. x. 28, Hear nt
them\which kill the body, but are not able to kill the faul: out
rather fear him why A 1s. able to diſiroy hath ſoul and body in
hell. J Pet. i. 9. the end of your Faith/even the ſal-
vation of your fouls. And F Pet. 11. II. AIMain from e 4
lufts WR, "war, 481% te fort. In each oß t |
word þ is uſed”. Ibis is ſuificient to eſtabliſh the above
« aflertian;t that the word xn means equally with waz, the.
rational, immortal part of man. When both words occur
in one ſentence, the latter is moſt probably exegetical-of
the former. We bave an inſtance of this kind in- Luke
i. 46. 47. * And Mary ſd, my Gul m dothi magnify the Lord, ana-

ny Spirit. 0 le ged. i is G my Saviour,” ; in the
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tins of th a Bat.:in/the-caſe alluded to, I dat remember
any ant my kinds. but. rather farneeal'the mott exalted prodfs of vhe
werogh; our Saviour, in tuppotting his, ſerwants under the

enen LE ns dangers, and ſuſſerings. See the life bf LG
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'” —— whichbnone,can; form! am adequate idea, but thoſe who' have really felt
i" dem. Weireadily acknowledge, that there have" been men of ſome emi.
vepege great mietys ond extenbye uſefulneſs, in the chriſtian church, hO
_ hays n9t anjape the beneit.of an academical education.: Hut it is mani-
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— pen wien the he beſt authors in divinity, - but: alſo with thoſe in
ſome bart human litemture. The obſtacles. which-ſtood in kc wy;
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ori ion to young men, entering into den al rom that /
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"ll ee 2 17 ally.th in 6 oetth Hens, there are ſorne perſons
4 | e ſuhje delity ſpreads far and wi
7205 general, A title gf peg Wh ey Os It is highly":
eh in this. age 1 . the” mini ts of the Go pel ſhould enjoy
"of. education, that thejr- charaQer fall not into contempt.
"may, be able to vindicate +3 each 1 the oppoßtion of
88 1 5 . Arſes. By a regular courſe of ſtudy, £ 8 glearers, W
.enlat more. conkitent, and more .ſcriptoral ideas, of the various doc-

x trines Aivinity; and their analog | with: reaſon, and. the nature 2 9

ogy © "which. may be derived oy academics. Young men: bein
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the! fellow · * which.: are of 2 ſervice. to them in the —
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| 25 Orce.. e an. a, Lach emulatiov. They learn the
cuſto 0 85 115 poliſh the ruſticity of
each In er ſation and prayer, they
: greatly . promote each 1 55 8 Mete impr ovement. | There are _
able and worthy miniſters, who can teſtify from their own

experience,
that the years" 644 their ſtudies were the happieſt, math beſt ſpear! period of a

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Wy It, is to. he re Arwed, that rd = 3 many es. and well-meaning |
chfiſtians, . NN or prejudiced againſt academies. However, it is a remark
which almo univerſally bokis good, that they are ſuch as are incapable

their lives, , + © N

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t as miniſters become acquainted with learning, they the
. ſimplicity” of the 8 ; that their ſermons are not adapted to the ca-
pacitixs of theft bearers, they cannot underflapd their phrateologyz ther a
they gften. preach upon fuch ſubjects as are more calculated to pleaſe the
ens, ban profit the ſouls of -their audience; and that human learning
fox ſedes the reaching of the Holy Spirit. We repreſent theſe. ob-
jections, juſt ag we have heard them urged, without any diſguiſe. We
will uot deny, but the public diſcourſes of ſome miniſters deſerve this
character. jut we have nothing to do-with ſtudents from the univerſities,
or. from Socinian ſeminaries; our preſent concern is with thoſe ſtudents
who byes been 8 in orthodeꝝ ciſſenting eee 3 — [memory |
we hell eve, r may be exempted from t rge.
N _ ect $5 ten fro auger are 425 deſcription, we anſwer, that the
ings may be abuſed, and no inſtitution whatever is-reſpopfble for
ng mike mprovement which may be made of it. If it can be proved, that
miniſters of the Goſpel may derive any real good from academies, their
utility is manifeſt, although, like all other human inſlitutions, they max
be abuſed. Befides the main force of theſe 3 lies in miſrepre-
Vor. v l. 108 e ſentation, .

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But theſe Miniſters will be moſt ſenſible of the utility of Acadeniics, be?

cauſe they have known the want of them. Their own feelings will forci-⸗
bly corroborate what hes dech advanced. * And Fram their owk experience |
they can teſtify,” that kad they enjoyed theſe opportunities, it would has
ſaved them many hours of painful, and ſometimes fruitlefs üd y.
Having ſaid ſo much of the

Hav nature and importance of Academies in
general, we mult of neceſſity be very brief concerning this Artademy..un |
paiticulay,, It is required of every candidate for holy orders, that he have
good natural abilities z 4 ready elocution; that his mdrals be irreproach-⸗

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able, ar is the Arotie rys, that be be blanieleſ*,. having a good report of
is real Chriſttan At the laſt meeting, the Committee were abundantly
ſarisſiod with the abilities, and diligent exertions of the tutors: and the
imprevement of the young men, in their ſeveral purſuits. The good effects
of this Inſtitution are already apparent. On Sabbath days the'ſemior ſtu-

them that are-without ; and, above all, that he give evident proofs that ß

dents are regularly employed in ſupplying deſtitüte churches, and Preaching |

inthe adjacent villages while the junior Students attend prayer: meetings,
and oceaionaily, give a Mord of exhortation to the people. By theſe means

fourteen or fifteen places have been N in rotation; two congrega- 9
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tions have been raiſed,” which are likely to berome very reſpectable, and
three chapels built. The people hear the word with attention; and re-

ligious knowledge begins tb he diſſeminated through all ranks; "There
are nine ſtudents who have finiſhes their ſtudies, and are fettled in 188 5
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to the: Jo ord. © An ut the chriſtian world will oxlt in ts
| ect; that FONG Wilbert are proclaimĩ ug the Redeemer
K. re 0 J the be means are Ap ro crangelze the Heathen at
home 5 in ther all — cauſes are co-0 ogttherzito-bring about
the Goſpel of Chriſt al b. be extend: d- ever the
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Mar, 43d. Surrey Chapel! 8 1 AST 255M l 8
2 6th. Mulberry C e ad oy FR Sy Ino. Knight. i ane 2 HL#
y 4th. Homerton Chapel WEE 4 7 Ino. Eyre.

June Mr, Stockwell Chapel * „ Various. 5 10
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sth. London . {oa a Dr. Hunter. e e
Nov. 2. Te- Court Sa W eee
Dar, 7th, Cumberland-Street Chapel | | * ö 12 Jos: Brown. - 5
© MtSSIGNARY RY SOCIETY.) 1 dee oe FA
| Coutcitads &c. from 25th October to the 25th Merranbers! 1206; *
. Kev. Mr. Adams and Cong: Saliſbury, by Rev. 22 8 Hopkiov I * FI

Mr. Jofah J. Richards and Friends, Hull | 0

N 10. F Marſh, Gren, — 2 1 Pe 1 2 6 |

From the Friends of the Society near _ E 1 |
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DEVONSHIRE ASSOCEATION. 16

Agreeably to appointment this aſſociation was Id at „ Weed
Jang 18th. On the preceding evening the Rey. obbin, of South:
Moulton, engag ged in prayer, arid Mr. Taprell, of Barnſtaple preached |

from Iſaiah, Iiil. 10. a

on the morning of the affociation the Miniſters met (as uſual) at ſeven
"clock, for pray yer and tranſaRing buſineſs, when the addreſs. drawn ol
by the Rev. Hs RO, of Taviſtock, was read, — and
to be printed and circulated in the different churches.
The public erte of the day was intioduced by prayer and reading of

the Scriptures by Mr. Cobbin? Hes R. P. Allen, of Exeter . —
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1 22 Though. the 2 of Bideſofd 12 tte ene F
5 1 Bank . the congregat ions were large and ſerious.” "The. Divine
BE 25 PK yed: by many; and with ple: ye |
* « - Igceivedian-acceſſion of four valuable members.
FB will be held at Plyoy uth, on tt
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"a 2 Orphans, — the afſiſtan nr at he che
. gb F en lie ſeryices.”, _
Philip Meadows | Martineau, Ed. in the 1 Chair, Ked ſources
ha — 1a} port to the Inſtitution art . Swi fubſcr 1 ono
© * *»"eolfledtions in each con 1 e e e +: en :
In. deli of the ſeaſon; ſhbrtneſs of the notice,
1 TY — cduld not convenient. | attend, the ede fubſeri) tions
, Wc zan very handſome. Four: ge th fl 1 Te e Ar.
..- Inthy-ernning' formey 8 Oe ey, Samuel on
EE: Witham, at the Independent ee to 4 crowded RE
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N ' ORDINATIONS. * La WELLES
| BR . a teth, 1800, 1 ** bone Shi, late Audent
ol the Rotherham Academy, was. -ordained paſtor over che cy —
Church at Ilceſton, Derby lire. Thie following "Miniſters were . |

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on this ſolemn occaſion; Mr. Kirk patrick, of Sunen AR, =
8 tee portions of ſcripture, and | prayers Mr. Philips, paſt
Independent Churewat' Attercliffe, elafical tutor at the K rao
Academy,. dæliuered the e e difcourſe,” afked the uſual. queſtions,
and received the confefſion of faith; Mr. Kirkpatrick offered up the ordi-
nation prayer; Dr. Williams, If! Rotherham, gave the charge from
Ade xx, 283, Mz. Alliott, of Nottingham, addreſſed the people from
._ © Matt, v. 16 f Mr Mitward, of Mansfield, gave out the Va; and
MI. Whitthead, of Creten, in Northamy tonſhire, concluded with prayer.
PDbhe Grat Head of the Chur ch land ſoned the Aſſembly with his preſence,
and many taſted that ihe Lord was graciohs. For the ſpace of a *
chring ch labout of Mr. Shaw, the Congregation has conſiderably in-
. -creaſedy and pleaſing roſpects of wſefnineft reſent themſelves, -
On Thurſqday, Oedöber a za, Mr. Thomas Palmer Bull was evdiained af
- Newport:Pagnel;.;as co-paſtor with his father, the Rev. William Bull,
. over the Peedo-baptif Chixeh, ſtatedly aſſembling there. A numerous
| Congregation, . including many Miniſters and meinbers from” other
churches, met on the occaſion. Mr. Samuel Hillyard, of Bedford, began
hie public worſhip with prayer and reading ſcriptare. Mr. Greatheed
aimed 10 impreſs the audience with the ſolemnity of the r er by.
= conciſe. obſervutions on Geneſis xxviii. 16, 17; and receiv anſwers to
BB - + the uinal enquiries, with Mr. T. Bull's ſtatement of his do&rinal, prac-
W - tal and eber, views of the TO Mr. ener] of 1

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BY >. <Qioharel 1 is ſon Fe varie, Views in hich bg of
I Sad would bande for hing; Geneſis Klit. 49, be
to thee, my fon ! * Mr. Hillyard, ſenior, of: Olney, NI rch
to an univerſal conduct, 1

Burkitt, late of the'New Meeting«at Bedford; cloſed with
ennell, of Wollafton, gave out palms and hymns. : In the
utcliff engaged in n prayer; and Mr. Bicknell, of Welford,

1 John Xiv. ral 6 F — 7 AMES.
The unuſual circumſtances; a tending & fem engag ments-r

them bees ou rag tb > dans Rt ckno! N as

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_ delivered. the dort decker diſcourſe, aſked the quobihey, na

confeſſion of faith, Mr; Crathern, of Dedham, os ed the.
prayer. Mr. Ray, of Sudbury, gave the cha r. 28,

and 1 Tim. iv. 16. Mr. Hickman, of Wathefiel chedl to the people

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from 1 "hef. 5 = 9 ed and Mr. Atkin on, of 12 Shy :

cluded w 19 5 ns' were given” out dy Mr} Dentant, of
Haleſwor A ee f the day were conducted with great ſolem-
nity, a contideriſe number of Miniſters and friends were preſent upon

the occaſion, and it is heaped, that al od: ie 4 Te 1 35 *

pleaſant opportunity. 8 *
wy CHAPELS' or NR. Nr l
On the: zoth July, 1800, he Diſſenting Chapel ae bete in ven
ſhire, - having been ee ly rebuilt, Was wars gore for 2 worſhip, .
on which occaſfion'a reſpectable and 3 ded, both
morning and evening he mornin oy vice e Mr.
then read fal

R Blake of Brin paſſages of ker re, Ind en-
gaged in pra be Wade, of Huli, e from ass i. 25,

and Mr. Parſons, of Leeds, from Iſaiah xi. 6-9, who alſc concluded in
| 2 Ia the evening at leaſt goo pe — 55 attended, Mr. W. Wriglit-
on, of Driffield, engaged in Prager: T. 8. Barnard, of Hull, preached
from Jude, ſecond verſe ; 267 Parſons from Luke de. 37, 38.
All the ſervices were conduRed with the utmoſt reverence, and God ap-
pared to be in the midſt of the congtegation xn
Auguſt 25th, 1800. A new Meeting was
Rotherhithe. Rev. R. Atkinſon began
Townſend, Rotherhithe, preached fror Acts xx, 24 la
Mr. Lloyd ah prayer. In'the aftergoom Mr. Humphreys began
with prayer. Mr, Jeary preached from Pſalm RxxVii. 3. % Glorious
things are ſpoken, of thee, O city of God. Mr. Thomſon concluded
with prayer. In the evening Mr. Caldwall, of Silver — prayed and
preached from Pfalm Ixxxvi. 5, . And of Zion it ſhall be ſaid,““ Ee. Mr.
Atkinſon concluded in prayer. The Miniſters and chriſtiag friends who

- ſermon, which has been complied with. |
12 Wedneiday, October iſt, 1800, was 8 a neat dell tha l, at

preached on Pſalm cxix. 18. In the afternoon the Rev. Mus Little,
ot Hanley, Staffordſhire, preached on 2 Cor. ii. 14. In the evening the
Rev. Mr. Alliott, of Nottingham, preached on . i. 21. T here was
a crowded audience and very attentive. =

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ME Dea mas born at Walſal, in 1162. He was -
4YA naturally of a gay turn of mind, and Had no ſerious

friends. About the age of 15 he was ſtruck with the ob-

ſervation of a good woman, under a particular affliction,

that, in ſuch circumſtances, we ſhould % up or Aearts:to God. |
This impreſſion was deepened. by. attendiug-the: funeral of a
young friend; and e ee e firſt led him

ſion of medicine, for which; ng Vas inten

not only by the ſerious people there, but by the miniſters of

on Tueſday, the 11th of laſt month. This event appears to
conlolations,of that Goſpel, which he had preached to others.

the funeral. ſermon was preached by the Rev. George Ford,

to hear the Goſpel preached aut. of doors by Mr, Percy.
Soon after he felt a defire-for-the; miniſtry; and having pre-
viouſly received a grammatical education, he left the profeſs
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into the late Gountels:of Huntingdon's connection. In
that connection he preached in different places, but prin-
cipally at Frome, Where he continued upwards of ten years,
labouring with much acceptance, and was highly reſpected,

Chriſt in the neigibourio od.
Mr. D. having for ſome time adopted the Piſſenting prin-
ciples, about two years ſince received à call from the con-
gregation at Lock's Fields, Walworth. This he accepted,
and continued with them till, his death; which took place

have been occaſioned by.a violent cold, caught after preach-
ing a Sabbath evening lecture in London. A rapid decline
enſued, and, in little more than a month, terminated his life.
During his ilineſs his mind was calm, and he enjoyed the

His remains were reſpectfully interred, by the church, at
their burying ground, on Wedne'day the 19th. The addreſs
at the grave was delivered by the Rev. James Steven, of
Crown Court; and the following Sabbath; in the afternoon,

of Stepney, to a crowded and deeply affected auditory. w
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to ſhine in this world no more. We truſt he ſhines in the.
heavenly firmament with ſuperior luſtre,” | Theſe repeated
£alls from God, inthe removal of frre of his ſervants in
the prime of life, ſhould awaken us to holy watchfulneſs
and zeal. Mr. Mills died at 83 years of age, Mr. Swain at
36, and Mr. Denham at 34. Tk
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330 MEMOIR OF THE REV, EDMUND DENHAM. |
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« How myſterious and dark are the diſpenſations e |

vine Providence! The ways of God are paſt finding okt.
Tue Lord hath yiſited this part of his church with breach
upon breach. He hath removed your paſfor from you. .
They were not ſuffered to continue by reaſon of death.”
Vour former, much-reſpe&ed-miniſter, Mr. Mills {whom !
well knew) laboured here but a ſhort time before his work
wuas ended. God was pleaſed to cut him off by pining
ſickneſs.“ For a conſiderable time op, were deſtitute; an

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during this feaſon of affliction, as a church unprovided with
- paſtor, you witneſſed a fimilat diſtreſfing event which hefel
a neighbouring church, by the death of their miniſter, Mr.

Swain. About thirteen months ago, your eyes again be“

beld the pleaſing fight of a paſter ordained over y One

whom we had reaſon to believe God ſent to you in anſwer

to prayer. One who appeared well qualified to labour in
this part of the vineyard. You received him with pleaſure,
and heard his meſſage with growing approbation ; and for a
fealon you rejoiced in bis light. We hoped he would have |

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a white held in his right/hand, is now fealed up in darkneſs,

| wilt appear. He
was one whom 1 highly eſteemed; we often took ſweet

. Founſel together. I knew him for more than fourteen- |
Tears, and would conſider his death as a warning from God.
Little did I expect this painful ſerviee; I ſhould have thought.

e death of our late friend

my brother Denham would have been called upon to preach. -

my funeral ſermon; rather than that I ſhould have preached
his; but our times are in the Lord's Hands
dince his deceaſe, I cannot help reflecting upon his re-
| ce me to go with him to Bunhill Fields, that he might

ee the tombs of thoſe great and good men, who are there
interred. This we did but a little while before he was taken”

ill. He converſed, in a pleaſing manner, upon the reſurrec-

tion of the body, and obſerved what a delightful ſcene

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wall there prefent itſelf in the morning of the reſurrectio „

when e to the words of our text) This vile bo 7.
ſhall. be faſhioned like, unto. Chriſt's glorious body, accord-

ing to the workin whereby he is able to. ane even all

| Wi unto hiniſelf. |
t the Krmamencement af Bis illneſs, TS was N
extreme oppreſſion of breath and entire deafneſs,
Ws *continued, to the laſt, and prevented Bis conyerſing

- ſo freely as probably he would otherwiſe have done. Ile
ſad to a friend; who called to ſee him, 1 have ſuch vie ws 7
of the heavenly Rate as I cannot expreſs, on account of my

. preſent weakneſs. — What a ſurprifing thing it appears to us,
[at this-world ſhould be made- to burnt to. aſhes ; but

what an inſignificant thing is this little world, when com-

pared with, that 92% world eternity The moſt important

article of man's life is the c/o/e of it.” He was much re-

freſhed 0 reading and repeating that hymn, 8000 1

eſus, thy blood and righteouſneſs,
Ay beauty are, my glorious ralh,*” &.

He ſaid jit was * glorious, glorious!” On the morning of

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the Lord's day, he ſaid to Mrs. Denham, “ Is not this tlie ©

Sabbath ? perhaps 1 in a few Sabbaths more we ſhall be ia
Heaven.” She aſked him if he was happy in his mind, he

_ replied, *I am only diſtreſſed at the thought of leaving you |

and my children; all my hopes are fixed upon Jeſus Chriſt
what bas a Chriſtian to fear? She ſaid, + Nothing can ſe-

parate us from the love of Chriſt,” He added, with great
pens % No, nothing! what a glorious: ruth is _

e repeated theſe lines of Dr. Watts, 4 ere,

46 This life* $ 4 dream, an empty how, F = 7 a ; # M4 ,
% But the bright world to which I 8% 8 1 9,47 SHE
fHath joys ſubſtantial and ſincere, ,
"4:68 When ſhall I wake and find me tele v

At another time he ſaid, « Chriſt is the 4 8 of the
ſoul, both ſure and ſtedfaſt. He attempted to repeat thoſe
words of the Apoftle, but could not without aſſiſtance,

either for want of ſtrength or recolle&jon : * As the out-

ward man periſheth, the inward man is renewed day 4
| day. ” From hence we may infer, that the Lord'was wit

him, to ſupport and comfort him while paſſing through the
valley of the ſhadow of death.” And while we grieve that
he is removed from us, we ſorrow not as thoſe without
2 for if wo believe that Jeſus died _ roſe again, 2

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1 them alfo which ſleep in Jeſus, "God will bring wit
irn. His ſurviving widow, and vou, the people of bis
3 ge wilt do well, under your preſent aMiQion, ts recol-
leg his laſt ſermon among you, om thoſe words of the
"IEF Saviour, Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe *
in God, believe alſo in me; in my Father's Noel are manx
manſi ons.” &c. This ſolemn provideace ſhould ſeriouſly
ümpreſs every individual 2 and teach us all the in.
bes, and neceſſity, of actual and liabjtual feadi neſs « "For
lord an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh, 5

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; | Magurin of November laſt, will afford the legt! fate.
tion, by inſerting them, 1 e Fours, 8

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Axsw ER TOA QUERY- on 1 Tim. i. 19, 20.

FINE principal evidence of the truth of e wb.
()» its conſiſtency und harmony. However theie may be
ſeemiug contradictions, yet upon a ſtrict and careful inveſti-
gation 2 ſuch paſſages, ey be found correſponding
with the general tenor of Scripture. We ſhould not ge-
- nerally reſt the evidence of revealed truths, nor rejeQ .
them, upon a ſingle text; but, as the apoſtle: recommends,
comparing ſpiritual chings with ſpiritual,“ ſearch and
examine the ſacred oracles, and wich prayer implore the
direction and affiftance of that Spirit, under whoſe influence
— were written. The paſſage in queſtion-has often been
urged againſt that important doctrine, he final perſeve.
rence of the ſaints ; but Page” a 1 reflections ay tend
to-obviate the objection.
It ſeems the faith, concerning hin ſome made ſhip-
_ wreck,” means, 1 7 75 eien of faith, and in the inſtances
aſſigned by the apoſt Et only. IT he word faich is uſed
in this ſenſe in nde 1:8. oh apoſtle thanks
God, that their ſuit was ſpoken 9 7 throughout the world.”
That which is merely profeſſiona and eeming, is often

ſpoken of as real, or genuine, becauſe of its appearing ſo
to men, as in Matthew xiii. 12. Jelys explaining the pa-
oever hath, t to him ſhall

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be Sen, and whoſoever hath not, NO. hit

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away even that which lie hath. oc "Oro it is more clearly —

expreſſed i in-the parallel paſſage; Luke vil. 18. Whoſo-
ever hath not, from him ſhall be taken away ever that which' .

5 he ſeemeth to have.” So that what Themed poſſeſſion, LEE.

profeſſion: only.

It may likewiſe be e chat Kum the word « pit 9
away,“ we can by no means infer, that the apoſtates ſpoken
of, ever poſſeſſed true or genuine faſth. The very ſame

word, though differently tranſlated, occurs in yarious paſ-
ages, and ſignifies. to reject, repel, thruſt away, xc. Acts

vil. 27 and 39. Acts xiii. 46. (fee Dr. Guiſe in loc.) The

Apoſtle John fully removes the objection when, ſpeaking of-
' . ſome who had renounced their profeſſion of the truth, he

ſays, They went out from us, but they were not of us,
for if they. had been of us, they would no doubt have con-
tinued with us: but they went out, that they might be made
manifeſt that they were not all of us.” 1 Joha li. 19. That
bright luminary of the church, Beza, in his notes on the New
Teſtament, ſeems to think that the faith here mentioned,

denotes wholeſome and found doQrine (, fanam dori-

nam, vide Beza in loc.) which was rejected or“ put
away?” by ſome, particularly by Hymeneus and Alexander,
the former of whom, together with Philetus, '** erred con-
cerning the truth,” ſaith Paul, (2 Tim. ii. 18.) „ Saying
that the: Reſurrection is paſt already; and it is probable
that Alekander is the ſame with * Alexander the copper-
ſmith,” who did the Apoſtle much evil, 2 Tim. iv. 14, 15.
It, may not perhaps be a digreſſion to conſider the Apoſ- |
tle's declaration which follows his recital of the apoſtacy
of Hymeneus and Philetus, 2 Tim ii. 20.“ Nevertheleſs,” .
though men once profeſſing the truth of Jeſus do now re-
ject it, and eſpouſe principles which deitroy as a canker
(an evidence they were not of us, yet, „the founda-
tion of God ftandeth ſure,” the ſec rity. upon which the
church reſts remains firm and unſhaken, and this is the

ſcal thereof: The Lord knoweth them that are his; thofe
| he will honour when he comes to make up his wales

Before men, and angels he will , confeſs the objects of his
choice, as thoſe who have: named his name, and departed
from iniquity;” then they ſhall poſſeſs the never-fading

crown, the inheritance, uncorruptible and undefiled.

The word Mipwregk. l;apprehend is intended to convey the
idea: of deſtruction. That which, is wrecked is certainly
Kore eee Alexander had W the

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faith, but having rejected the wholeſome and found doe.
trines of the Goſpel, and fo deſtrpyedt and made ſhipwreck:
pf their. profeſfion, they were.“ delivered up to Satan;“ i. e-
they were excommunicated from. the viſible church, and
no longer conſidered as Chriftians. (See 1 Cor. v. 5.) Had
' they been real helievers they would have been reclaimed
from their error, and have been kept by the mighty power of”
5 God, through faith unto ſalvation, 1 Pet. i. 5. If they had
been known the Lord as Ils, he, would not have ſuffered:
them thus Sly a6 and finally to haye departed.from him..
He hath ſaid concerning his people, that Neither death,
nor life, nor any other creature, al be able 82 ſeparate .
themifrom his love, Rom. viii. 399 TED
Can believers who are thus” favoured with ſuch privi--
Joges live in ſin? God forbid! There is no one, but would
- deteſt the impious idea. The language of the Apoſtle
would be theirs: © Having therefore theſe. promiſes, let
us:cleanſe ourſelves from all filthineſs of fleth and ſpirit,
N. liolineſs in the fear of the Lord,“ 2 Cor. vii. 1.
eing ſuch happineſs is in reverſion for the people of God,
. how neceſſary the admonition, be ye holy in all manner
of gonverſation, adorning the doctrine of God our: Saviour
in all things.” 1 Pet. i 1 ; JUVENTS. |

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Y SOUL, ſays the Pſalmiſt, addreſſing himſelf to bis:
God, followeth hard a ter tee. Happy is the man
— can thus ſay: ſecure and leſſed is he, for the right and
of the Lord upholdet him. Mark here the charatter, as well.
as the privilege of the Saints of God. and the inſeparable
connection between the one and the other. Are any fol-
lowing hard after God? Io his name be all the praiſe: it
is becauſe his right hand upholdeth them. Would we en-
joy this privilege? Would we be thus ſecure? Let us ſtir
up p_ fouls to lay hold on God: tet us ariſe and follow hard
Jer im.
. what is implied in this expreſſi on? Veslainly that:
the ſoul has been made alive to God. Where there is: no
life, there can be no motion: the ſoul that 1 is deſtitute of the
life of God, moves not toward him; it is dead in treſpaſſes
and ſins; its progreſs is from bad to worle, in the road:
way that leads to ruin. My ſoul! is this thy ſtate ? If
ſo thou art not following after "Ie thou. art not war

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But does not following after God imply love to him, and
delight in his character? Yes; a man will flee from that
which he hates; he will ſeek to avoid that in which he +
finds no delight. Men purſue with ardour thoſe objects
only which they love, and in which they expect to bę re-

warded with pleaſure. This remark is exemplified in a
thouſand inſtances. When applied to God — 8 85 |
purſuit, it ſuppoſes a principle of ſpiritual life; for he only

loves: God who has taſted of his grace: he only de-

lights in his character, whoſe underſtanding has been en-

object of

lightened to perceive his glory, as it appears in the face 5 ;

But this being the caſe, ſtill the ſoul which is following

after God, has not yet fully attained the object of its pur-
| ſuit. He loves God indeed, and has ſome delight in his

; Jeſus Chriſt; and whoſe will has been ſubdued to acquieſce

character; but his love is not perfect, his delight is not

pure, his enjoyment is not uninterrupted. We purſue not
that which we have already attained, but reſt jo We, oſſeſ⸗
ſion of it. The ſaints in glory have arrived at the ſummi

of their defires:: the ſaints on earth are ſtill at a diſtance
from God, and their happieſt moments are when their ſouls
with the greateſt vigour and fervency breathe after him.
„Then ſhall be fatisfied, when I awake up in thy Jike-
neſs.” Such are alſo made willing to give up every thing

for his ſake: to turn their backs on the world, and 1

thing that ſtands in competition with him, whom they ei-
teem their chief good. This is the language of him whoſe

ſoul follows hard after God: Whom have I in heaven

but thee? and there is none upon earth that I deſire in
compaxiſon of thee.” _ 2 £37 nn
35 « Thou art. che ſea of love,.
„Where all my pleaſures roll;
The circle where my TS move,
« And centre of my ſoul. .

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They alſo ſeek the Lord in the ways of his appointment.

He who would attain the end, muſt ule ſuitable means: the
body is net ſupported without food; but it muſt be food
adapted to its nouriſhment and ſupport : a, man who under-
takes @ Journey, mult not only travel, but do it in the right
way, otherwiſe he will not arrive at the place he has in

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| "view: 5 Vs) it is not enough! that we" ſeek oY Ait
5 malt be in the way he has preſcribed; we. muſt follow him;
1 1he muff go before; and mark out the p: path,” fayin % Thisis
. "the way, walk ye therein.” hen we may e eh |
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3 "thoſs with joy who remember him in his ways. n
* ey do it alſo with ardency of defire-. They fee "OY
"ER Lp "thing of. what the Pſalmiſt intends, Pi. xi; 1, 2, ifs
* the Hart panteth after the water-brook, fo page my ſoul
1 alter thee, O God. My ſoul thi ſteth for Gbd, for the liv-
4." Ing Sed! when ſhall I come and appear before 04/2?
. Toul Followerh hard after thee,” 7. e. it does t with
© "hvelf'and' vigorous* defires : it tends towards God as its
: Jon centre, as its only reſt : it cleaveth to the Lord with

| Keadinefs'of refolution, and warmth! of affection: Wit follows.

+ Him cloſely, not, willin to loſè ſight of bim: it i ſgllows him
= Þ—- :Eheerfully, longing to be with him:
Reader! let tis pauſe and aſk; how is it with our ſouls ?
bt Are they made alive to God; poſſeſſed of a principle of- love
| to hit Ne be after higher attainments; willing to re-
1 Seu ery rival; ſeeking the Lord in his own ways, and
=. *that with. ardency of defire ? Thrice happy ſouls | But

K though our affections be not ſo lively, nor our enjoyments
ſioð exaſted as we could with, are our deſires indeed toward
© the Lord; and can they be ſatisfied with nothing ſhort of
\ Himſelf? Rejoice and be thankful. “ Happy are the Peo-

ple who are in ſuch a caſe: yea, happy are the people,
= whoſe God is the Lord.” | Heiwill uphold them with his
mils hand; Underneath them are the everlaſting: arms.
= Ihe infinite power and wiſdom of Jehovah ; tlie inexhauſ- |

tible grace of the Saviour; and the perpetual. influences of
the bleſſed Spirit, continually ſurround and ſupply them. .
Ae they oppreſſed with poverty aud afflictions? they
ſhall not fink : the Lord will provide. The ſtaff of their
life ſhall not be broken, for they feed on the bread of life:
their water ſhall nof fail; for it proceeds from that rock on
5 which their fouls are immoveably fixed. Many, indeed,
| are the afflictions of the Fee ; but the Lord delivereth
1 them out of them all.
*« Are they harraſſed with temptations J thes ſhall not fall.
= Greater is he that is with them, than all that are again
them. They who follow hard after God, are upheld by
him: thete is no ſtumbling in the path of holineſs: it is a

» t way, in Which they thall got ſtumble. 2 It is any
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wehen we wander, when we deviate from this way, or wien
we grow ſlothful and indifferent, remiſs and unwatehful,
that we ſtumble. and fall. Let us watch, therefore; and
pray, that we enter not into temptation! Giving all dili-
gence to inereaſe in e graces, let us make our
ſu

calling aud election ſure, for in fo doing we Hall never

Full. The Lord keepeth the feet of tis Taints; he up-

hboldeth their goings, that they ſlide not! The ſteps of u
good man,” a man of fincerity and uprightneſs, a man whoſe
Joul fotlows hard after the Lord, + are ordered by tae: Lord.

!

and he delighteth in his way.“ Vea; though he ſhould
fall, through the force of temptation, for à time, he ſhall

not be utterly caſt down; for the Lord upholdeth him with

his hand, even with his right hand. O that profeſſors dit

but more attentively ſtudy, and more practically regard the
connection between their ſecurity and their ſpixituality!

this would form at once a barrier againſt preſumpiion and

fon? {heir ſouls were not following hard after God; the

floth. We hear with grief ef the fall: of one and another,
of whom we expected no ſuch thing: but what is the rea-
were not cleaving to the Lord with purpoſe of heart: they nad
ſunk into carnal confidence, or grown luke-warm and negli-
gent in the beſt things. Reader, let us learn an uſeful leſ-
Jon from hence. Remember, the man who lives near to
God, ſhalt infallibly be upheld by him, he fhall be as

Mount Zion, which cannot be moved; but if we turn aſide

into forbidden paths, we expoſe ourſelves to danger; we
ſhall ſoon find ourſelves 6n ſlippery places; and, when new

temptations come, 'fhall prove how great is our weak

neſs. Let him that thinketh he ſtandeth, take heed leſt
he allot 51, e e ee
„ON HEART. IDOEATRYI

- ITTLE children, keep youtſelyes from idols,” is an
| * 4 exhortation of the beloved diſciple John : and
ſtrange as this caution may appear to others, I believe
there are few Chriſtians, who are acquainted with the plague

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- of their own heart, and the deceitfuinefs of it, but will ac-

knowledge the Apoſtle had abundant reaſon to enforce
it: but as the beſt of us, by truſting to our own ſtrength,
are too often led into this idolatry before we are aware, 1

will endeavour to point out ſome of the cauſes of that
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ai coldneſs in religious exerciſes, N 1 TRY
Jieve;:from experience, ſprings from aer a heart. divided
between God and ſome other object.

We are: not to ünderſtand hy idol, among profeſling
in the falling down to ſtocks or ſtones; this they
Would ſtart at with abhorrence; but the idol that creeps
Aato the heart, comes ; under a more delufive, and leſs ſuſ-

ed form. It is not my intention to level at groſs and

ant enormities, for every one who has any ſenſe of re-
ligion, muſt know, if he lays bis head in a Delileh's la *
though ee Sampſon, he will be ſhorn of his ſtreng
My deſign is to ſhew, that things in themſelves i
cent, may become, by their abuſe, ſnares to the ſoul, and |
Jeparate between us and our God; that the greateſt bleſ- |

"ings of life may prove our curſe; that the mercies of

God, by a wrong application of them, may become {ſnares
for our feet, and what was ſent for our e in life, _ 5

be made an occaſion of falling. |
Firſt, Watch then, my young friends, over your own.

Hearts, be ſuſpicious of your affections; you who wiſh to 5

enter into the honourable ſtate of matrimony, beware of .

. conſylting your on paſſions and inclinations before you aſk

direction of your Heavenly: Father. If you neglect this
Caution, you immediately ſet up an idol, and how far you.

may be left to worſhip it, the Lord alone can tell. If diſ-
appointed in your — ſelf-willed and rebellious, you
murmur at the diſpenſations-of God, as if you knew better
chan be does, what will be moſt conducive to your hap-
pineſs; the idol then reigns triumphant, and the Spirit of

Bod departs from that temple, which ſhould be only ſacred
to himſelf; and who knows but the awful ſentence may go
forth, . phraim. is joined to idols, let him alone?“ Can
you woes, when this is the caſe, that you find no commu-

nion with God, no acceſs in prayer, no ſoul-comforting.

views, but that the. whole is barren and deſalate?
Secondly, But this is not the only Dagon ſet up in the
human heart; even friendthip, that deareſt of bleſſings to
the ſons of men, may prove a thern to goad the fide, |

riend[hip, if built on any other baſis than religion, if the

love of God in Chriſt be not the mutual purſuit of each

party; if bolding up each other in the way to Zion, be not

tze warmeſt with, no bleſſing will attend their fiſend- -

ip; they will be left to_enjoy the idel de b have ſet up,
150 darkneſs and deſertion will follow.

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In other purſuits, l lawful and innocent, if the

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the reſult. In bufineſs, if the purſuit of gain, and the de-

fire of mnking a figure in life, be the object; if, like the 5

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nich man in the Goſpel, you are. anticipating . the time

when you ſhall pull. down your barns, and build greater;

this alfo is an idol, and if you are in the covenant of grace,

muſt be dethroned; for no man can ſerve God and Mam-

he requires much to be laid out for his glory; and not to be
laid up, in diſtruſt of providence, where the moth corrupts,

I could go mack farther to enumerate” the many idols ſet
up inthe heart
let it ſuffice, that whatever divides the heart iti God,

mon. Not that induſtry is to be negle&ed, or wealth de-
7 ned ; but as the corn, the wine, the oil, the gold and the

ter, are the Lord's, let it he remembered, we are only:
ſtewards; and certain it is, wherever the Lord ſends much,

and where thieyes may break through and ſteal.

of man in the various relations of life; but:

whatever engroſfes the affections from him, or alienates the

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mind from loving him ſupremely, is an idol, and muſt be
deſtroyed in every regenerate heart. Even miniſters, if.
looked to inſtead of their Maſter; and means inſtead of
the God of the means, become idols, and bring leanneſs

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and barrenneſs into the ſoul.

Levme intreat you then, my young friends, to be ſuſpi-

cCious of your own. deceitful: hearts. Honeſtly atk your-
ſelves, have you in the ſhort acquaintance you have ha
with life, ever found any thing in the idols you have loved.

to fatisfy your deſires? Have you not found fruition, diſap-
pointment? You have, and [ will be bold to ſay you will.

find diſappoinment in every thing ſhort of God. Man is-
an immortal being, and immortal happineſs can alone ſa-
tisfy the deſires of his ſoul, which is ever graſping at ſome-

thing beyond what. the world is able to fupply.. To him,
then, devote your heart, ang never hope to he ſatisfied with.
any thing ſhort of the everlaſting love of God in Chriſt.

Jeſus. Let your prayer then be, © Direct me, O Lord, in the
way thou wouldſt have me go, ſeparate from me every

thing, (though dear as a right eye; or right hand) that can
ſeparate my foul from thee ; let thy holy will be done in alt:

things, and give me acquieſcence in, and reſignation to,

every diſpenſation of thy providence.” “ NI. D.

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that” 928 winter will call for more than all the ener-
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as they are willing to relieve the indigent... I therefore beg .
the favour of you to requeſt that the friends of the poor, in
different parts of the kingdom, would immediately commu-
nitate, through the channel of your Magazine, the beſt, tried,
and approyed methods they are acquainted with, of affording. ©
them affiſtance. If they will favour you with the r ſult o
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bee e no . this honour unto lime 6 e that i is
called of God, as was Aaron. 3

Fi hanour here ſpaken of i bs, the honour of ban a
Iligl Pric/t, as appears by the next verſe—/a alſo
| Arif glor ified not Jin. # be a Z igh Pricft, but he that ſaid _
to, Jum, thou art my ſon, to-day have I begotten thee. This
office was for the purfoſe of Hering ifts and ſacrifices.
.us, ver. I; and the Apoſtle having ſhewn, ver. 2, that
h 83 Jeſus Chriſt was well qualified for the office, he proceeds
Here to obſerve, that he was properly called to it; called to
i in the ſame fe ee way as Aaron was. The de- 5
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the High Prieft of our Chriſtian profeſſion. Into this. moſt
hoaourable office he did not obtrude himſelf uncalled but,
was authorized by the Father, in the ſame extraordinary
mager as Aaron, the firſt High Prieſt of the ſews.
As being the ſenſe of the paſſage, I. have often Been
grieved to fee it applied to the ordinary call of a Chriſ-
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pretend to be called of God, as was Aaron. The ordinary
call of a perſon. to the miniſtry conſiſts in, due qualifica-

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the Editor of the Evangelical: Magazine.

T T is natural for us to be pleaſed with every thing remark-
0 able in the lives of our pious anceſtors, and to wih to
tranfmit their names with honour to poſterity. If you will

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probation of, competent judges. - But all this is totally dif-

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give tHe following anecdote a place in your Magazine, it

may be a means of ſtrengthening the faith of God's tried fol-
lowers, and may bring glory to our bleſſed Lord and Maſter.

I have for many years formed the defign of 'publiſhing a

Non-conformiſts' Memorial of the ejected miniſters in Scot-

land; but I have not been able to collect ſufficient accounts

of them, to enable mie to enter upon ſuch an important and

uſeful work, which would, I am perſuaded, be found as ful!

of the wonderful diſplays of God's divine providence and

ſovereign grace, as that valuable woik—The Erigliſh Non-

conformiſts' Memorial. |
The following is taken fro | rim's
* Memorable Characteriſtics; and Lives of the moſt eminent

n Livingſtone, of Ancrim's

Divines in Scotland, during the firſt Century after the Re-

formation.” (Glaſgow, 1754.) I think more of this. good

man's life js to be found in Calderwood. ' His father was |
heir to the eſtate of Ochletree, and my great grandfather”

was his brother... | | 5 „ 1
Should this fall into the hands of any perſon poſſeſſed of
information reſpeRing tbeſe worthies of Scotland, whether
in print or manuſcript, who would favour me with the pe-
ruſe of them, they ſhall be faithfully return et.
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Pie, and for his conſcientious adherence to the truth
gfk the Gofpel, was, by vrder of King James the ſixth.
| - "ieviprifoned in the caftle of Blackneſs, and afterward ba-
eee, ea

> "He ſettled at Berwick; but havirig ſeveral children, and his

mie near hei time, they were reduced even to want the ne-
FCeeeffaries of, life. For this cauſe alſo they were obliged to
pPouart with their ſervant maid. . One night, the childeen
Alec for bread, and there being none to give them, they
FF - wept ſore. Mrs. Duncan alſo was much depreſſed in
- - FTpirit; but Mr, Duncan had often recourſe to prayer, 15 in
ks.” the intervals of it endeavoured to cheriſh his wife's hope,
and pleaſe the children, till at length he got them to bed.
But Mrs. Duncan mourned and grieved exceedingly, on
| account of the dear childrens ſufferings; in which ſhe ſhewed .
more of the tenderneſs of a mother, than the confidence of
2 Chriſtian, ; Mr. Duncan exhorted her fo wait patiently.
upon God, who was now trying their faith and patience,
but would undoubtedly provide for them in his own time
and way: and added, that he was ſure that the Lord would
8 . _ even raindown bread from Heaven, but he would ſend them
=. Aa ſupply. They had neither friends nor acquaintance in
W the place, to whom they could make their wants known.
1 But that very night, a man brought a ſack-full of ꝓroviſions,
and went away without letting any of them know from
Whence he came. When . opened the ſack, he
. found a {mall bag with 201. in it, a bag of flour, two loaves
of bread, and ſeveral other articles of proviſions: having
brought the whole to his wife, he ſaid, 4+ See what a good
* Maſter I ſerve !” Upon this they took their maid again.
In a ſhort time his wife was taken in labour, and was in want
of every thing neceſſary both for herſelf and the child.
But the good Maſter whom he ſerved, knew and provided
for all their wants. While ſhe was in labòur in the night,
and he knew not where,to find a midwife in the town, a
gentlewoman rode up to the door, alighted, ſent back the
ſervant with the Poris and ordered him to return again at

aà certain time. She preſently had acceſs to Mrs. D—
ſpoke very affeQionately to her, preſented her with an:
abundance of all that ſhe or the child ſhould want of every

kind, and alſo” performed the. office of a midwife. Se

dreſſed the child, and, after having given Mr. Duncan ſe-
veral pieces of gold, ſhe. took an affectionate * of

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8 them, adding, that they ſhould never want. The Horſes
were waiting, and the went off; but would nat Tatisfy them
who ſhe was, nor\whence ſhe came.

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As you frequently notice in your sine the ellabüſt⸗
ment and progreſs of Religious and Benevolent Societies,

and as many of your readers are connected with inſtitutions

of thoſe deſcriptions, I beg leave to fubmit a few hints,

which L preſume will-not be deemedimperunent..
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public, and doubtleſs Wil

even for years to come; nevertheleſs, it muſt be con-

feed there is, in too mat any perſons, a great inattention
to the concerns and welfare of the inſtitutions they fo

liberally ſupport. This is evident from the very thin

attendance of members at general meetings, and, in too

many inſtances, of thoſe to whom the management is eſpe-
cially committed. I here beg leave to ſubmit, whether it
be not a duty, at leaſt equal with contributing our property,

to ſee that what we contribute: he rightly applied; and, as far

as we can, to commit The management of it to proper hands,
as well, as ta prevent intereſted perſons from creeping

in. Attendance at general meetings (on which occaſions

it is uſual to report the ſtate of the lociety and its beneficial”
eſfocts, as allo to propoſe and diſcuſs what may tend to its
turthernce) would, where the buſineſs is properly con-
ducted, more deeply intereft tliaſe concer ned in the promotion

of the propoſed object, and give greater energy to the e-

ertions of difintercited managers: befide which, it might,
from their information in their ſeveral circles, add „
ſiderably to the number of contributors, 1 am afraid,

to negle@ in this reſpect may be attributed, in many i in-

ſtances, declentions, and in ſome the total ruin of ſocie-

ties; inaſmuch as where the executive power is not en-

couraged by the counſel and ſanction of a tolerable number

of the ee W its Fr” frequently 2
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Ts 2 and the decreaſe of contributors from death and other
cauſes, is not ſupplied. - Much inconvenience. alſo ariſes :
do ſocieties'from perſons accepting the management, whe--
ther under the name of directors, a committee, &c. who are
either unable or unwilling to perform the duties; and it is
not ſeldom that it is conferred and accepted merely as an
-- > honour, But ſurely, it cannot be an honour to accept an
* office inveſted with- important duties (and ſuch I preſume _
muſt attach to the deſcription of ſocieties referred to) with-
1 out a defire, and alſo ſome exertion, to fulfil them, even
"ug, though attended with a little inconvenience: and it ſhould

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not be forgotten, that ſuch acceptances probably.depriye the
' -» +Tociety of the ſervices of active and uſetat members. I fear
4 too many inſtances may be recolle&ed, here buſineſs
C could not be proceeded with, for want of a ſutfici nf number
=. to form a board; and may we not alſo ſuppoſe, that the
active and zealous, by a thin attendance, have too often been
deterred from bringing forward, or for want of counſel from
_ " exectiting, what might be extremely beneficial. It is al-
lowed that at meetings of general bodies, the principal
part of the buſineſs muſt be tranſacted by a few leading
pPperſons: nevertheleſs, it is probable that others, if we con-
p ſider them only as ſpectators, may obſerve ſome things
| | rae might eſcape. the notice of thoſe more cloſely en-
| 5 it this then be the caſe, does it not become all who pro-
feſs philanthropy either to the ſouls or bodies of their
fellow creatures, and who alſo /zberally contribute; their ſub-
ſtance, to beſtir themſelves and enquire how they can, by
e er exertions, give effect to what they ſo 'generouſly__
beſtow of a pecuniary nature? And ought they not to endea-
vour, at all opportunities, to procure every information re-
" {pefting the ſocieties they belong to, not only for their own
latisfaction, but that they may be able to communicate
the progreſs made, and. recommend them among their ac-
quaintance? On the contrary, may not the ignorance
of a member of any ſociety, reſpecting its concerns, tene
to leſſen, in the view of an enquirer, the importance
of the work, and diſcourage ſuch from. aſſiſting agreeably
to their intention. And much more does it become thoſe -
Who accept the office of managers, to aim at Puuctua- -
liiy and regularity in their attendance, that they may aſſiſt
and not delay through their abſence, what they, by accept-
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5 55 Be b for nothing, but in every, thing by prayer |

| And TuppJication, with een let NOPE: FIR os -
7 made known unto God.“ 5

N XIOQUS cares Auen che and, pay th long ;
of human life. When the! Apoſtle ſays, be aareful
Tor mothing, he does not mean that we ſhould be careleſs,

"Far frum it. He was a man of conſiderable diligence him-

ſelf, and charged with cares of the moſt important kind;

and he has poſitiyely aſſerted, that if a man be not "careful

to provide or his own, he has denied the 01. and is wor uſe f

"than an infidel; The word which the Apoſtle here ule

5 Hgnifies a painful, anxious, and diſtruſtful concern, which 2
is diſhonourable to God, and diſtracting to/ the believer.

mind, an

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rve,

1. That great anxiety Fre the e is a e porverfal: Fr

Aacle to 1 in religion; inaſmuch as it oecupies the
choaks the ſeed of divine truth, ſo chat it cannot

thtive, It: divides the. affections, and makes a man: halt ;

between two objects, as in thg'caſe of Demas. Love not

the world, neither the things of the world, for if any man

love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.“ It
interrupts devotion. The eloſet, the family, and the tèm-

ple, all riſe up in loud complaints againſt the man of care,

the man of the world. It precludes, yea deſtroys the com-
munion of Saints. Worldly. minded profeſſors hayeno time,

and leſs inclination for 8 to: locial e and Chriſ-

tian conferrence.
2. Prayer i 16 of divine appolnemies pn muſt be repanided

accordingly. It is commanded; Matt xxvi. 41; and indeed

men ought always to pray and not to faint. Prayer has been
uſed in all ages in proportion as religion” has prevailed: -

Itcader, what doſt thou requeſt ? what'is thy petition ? think

well. Do you wiſh a new heart, thè pardon of fin, an

Lumble mind, power over indwelling ſin, aſſuranceèe of hope,

ſanctification? Then let your requeſt be made known unto

God by q eſus Chriſt, as your Mediator, and great High prieſt.

3. Gratitude for Favours received is highly becoming the
Chriſtian. It is an amiable temper of mind, highly ornd-

7 I from Mer lua, to think ſolicitouſſ y „with trouble of mind.
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955 nected with g of kindnels and charity to our brethren,

Feth me. BALE

The grand farour which demands our e is the

| 5 of Chriſt; tbe way, the truth, and the fife. . He ſuf-
red for our fins, the juſt for the unjuſt; that he might bring

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Ae 10 ener ox MATRIMONY..
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N 1 7 2 ſome. fears it Een a won
| the. preſent caſe, 10 1 obſorve chat your fair correſpondent

_ fays ſhe. has received the addreſſes af the gentleman in quel. ©

that ſhe has not the Fulle ſatisfaction refpeRting his .
which intimates ſhe is parti ſatisſied on that head; and that
ſhe withes the lubjest to be conſidered at an early. eriod;

de — cn. irreſpectivs of che advice that 1 ww;
2 2. But as the ſubject is of general utility. 1 e *
may not be offercd altogether in van.
1 erer to obſerve that Statrinpenial. connexion
2 though of all others the moſt important, are generally —
mith leſs prudence than moſt others; and a large portion of
omeſtic miſery is the unavoidable confequence. It is *
, to account for this among the people of the world, but when
it happens among perſons prefeſſing godlineſs, it is more
xtraordinary and culpable. The grand rule for Chriſtians
I: ſo plain, that he, or the, who runs may, and ought to read

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| klage of a chriſtian widow ſays, Heis at emp to be married .
"op * whom: ſhe will, oN in the Lord.

To mafry an infidel, of any deſcription, i is directly con-
frary to this rule. A. chriſtian woman muſt marry Wop Tg
the Lord, that is to a chriſtian man. But is an outward
teffion of chriſtianity ſufficient? a being in the Lord as 2:49

branches are which bear no fruit, and which ſhall be cut off ?
John xv. 2.) Mere profeſſions of Chriſtianity — ſtill
under the R of a carnal Wang, + are e J as

. Hed. xiii. 15. bi te
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Juſtre, as appears from the Pſalms; and as it ſtands con- Fo
F tt is our. principal offering. Vhoſe. een ne Mee

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tag which I think implies ſome degree of approbation -

from which I am inclined to think the deciſion is likely to

it. - The Apoſtle Paul 1 Cor vii. 39. ſpeaking of the mar-

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| bitter enemies to vital religion, as the openly profane; and , ©
bone of thisdeſcription cannot be atrhelp-mate” fof à real
believer in Jeſus; there can be ſpiritual union; the huſband
muſt be a perpetual object of pity ; in her moſt ſolemn mos

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ments ſhe-muſt conſider him as a child of wrath,” ſhe muſt
look forward to deach with diſmay, as putting an everlaſting

period to their union, as yccationing à ſeparation for-eter- *

Fe” i would recommend to Chriſtiana to converſe with two

ladies, ifſhe has opportunity: Firſt, with one who has, in i
the fulleſt ſenſe, married “ in the Lord.” There ſhe will! ü
learn the varioss advantages of ſuch a union, Her friend ü

will inform her, that in the numerous trials of domeſtic life; I
| ſheneeded all the aſſiſtance that a faithful pious partner [+

could afford; and that ſhe numbers it among her choiceſtt Wt

bleſſings, that-ſhe was directed to ſuch a connection. Let _
her thea conſult ſome pious woman, who, ſeduced by a
flaſh of profeſſions in her admirer, or prefuming to be able
to make him religious, or, for the fake of. ſome carnal and

wy temporal advantage, ventured to tranſgreſs the ſacred. rule,

and united herſelf to an unbeliever; and I will venture to

predict, ſne will learn that vexations and mortifications

without number have been the reſult. The miſeries of

| tuch an union are, in ſome caſes, great beyond expreſſion;
adding, almoſt inſufferably to that load of eares and trou-

bles, which are in the beſt circumſtances, unavoidable. A K

eroſs of our own making is the ugtieſt, heavieſt croſs in the
world. It is ſhocking to think that the marriage union

mould become the matter of repentance through life, oe 8
what is worſe ſtill, that it ſhould prove the unhappy means |
of leading the profeſſor into a lukewarm or an apoſtate_ =
ſtate. Let me, therefore, recommend to Chriſtiana, ie ü
very pious and prudent reſolution of Mercy, Chriſtianas il

companion in the Pilgrim's Progreſs, when Mr. Briſt paid * k

his addreſſes to her“ he was a man of ſome breeding, and. ih
one that pretended to religion, but, it was feared, a ſtranger _

to the power of that which is good. Nay then, ſaid Mercy,
Iwill look no more on him, far I purpeſe never to have a-
clog to my ſaul. 9 5 e et

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” any. diſpoſition of heart being ' neceſſary to awarrant an application to-
** Chriſt, whoever they are, we have nothing to Jay in their behalf: but thoſe
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wade . ſame alterations, and ſome additions. Ir contains 34 pages -more
han the other. We obſerve e he has expreſſed bimſelf with
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edition, © A firm perſuaſſon of his being the promiſed Meſſiab, and that

He Chriſtian religion is from God.“ was kreluded from tlie defintion, and
why confidered as ſochething (t pre- ſuppoſed“ in believing. ' But in this
it is a!“ general perſuaſion” of theſe truths only that is thus repreſented.
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bings, to believing, whet] be right or wrong, appear to us rather
unfairly treated. Far be it from us to accuſe this truly reſpectable wri-
ter of wilful miſrepreſentation: we are perſuaded he is incapable of it:

But it is no uncominon thing for an author, in the heat of controverſy, to
rom the line of a fair and impartial ſtatement of the
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fentiments of his opponents,

It is odjected, ſays Mr. B. <* thõugh it be nat neceſtary, for a inner
to noa that he is born again, before he believe in Jeſus Chriſt; yet rege-
neration ite, muſt precede faith ; for-4he. heart of a finner being natu-

rally in a ſtate of enmity to the divine character, he will never turn to Godz

: while, in that Gtuatian, for pardon and acceptance. To this he anſwers
e Before this obje&ion can be juſtly conſidered as valid, it muſt be ed

not only that regeneration precedes faith, but alſo,that it is neceſſary to au-

boris a ſinner's reliance on Jeſus Chriſt.“ (Page 132.) But why muſt
this be firſt evinced? The objection, from whomlbever. Mr. B. took it;
appears manifeſtly expreſſive, of the. ſentiments defended by Mr. Scott;

Who, we are perſuaded, deteſts the idei of any holy diſpoſition. authorizing

a ſinner to come to Jeſus : he contends, however, that without it fie never
cuill come.” A ſtate of mind may be neceſſary, in the nature of things, to

dur coming to Chriſt, which is no part of the warrant for ſo doing. Mr.

B. himſelf admits a ſpeculative change of mind, with a con viction of fin, to
V ſo; (page 123.) yet, as he elſewhere juſtly obſerves, *< It is not under
he notion of being deeply awakened in conſcience, that finners muſt firſt

believe in Jeſus, but as 7ranſgrefors, &c. (page 122.) Why, then, may |

not Mr. S., or thoſe of his ſentiments, be allowed to argue in the ſame
manner with reſpect to the neceſſity of a change of heart? Why does Mr.
B. inſiſt that if it. be neceſſary at all, it mult be neceſſary for the purpole
of authorizzig him to come? Finally, Why does Mr. B. alledge that 4
perſuaſion of regeneration being neceſſary to believing, muſt lead the
awakened finner to “ inveſtigate the ſtate of his own ſoul in ſearch of =
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Dam much the ſame foljcitude as if he confdered it as 2-warrant?* .
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needs turn the attention of a ſinner into x wrong d per-
ſugſjon reſpeQing.conviftion'of fin muſt have the ſame effet.
Again, (“ It has with confidence been demanded, ſays Mr. B. 4 he-
ther, if ſinners muſt not come to Chriſt as penitent, and 'as poſſeſſing an
| holy diſpoſition, they are to believe in him as impenitent, and as under the
reigning power of their deptavity. © But this,” adds he, . like ſome other

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objeAions, is not pertinent 3 for the-queſtion is, What is the 5 r-

rant for a, ſinner to belieye in Jeſus? (Page 218.) Now, fo far as we

are able to judge, the contrary of this is true. The queſtion here was not,
What is the proper wwarrant for a ſinner to believe in Jeſus, for that is not
the matter © pose but what is ibe flate of his. beart in the moment ©
avhen he fir believes Mr. B's anſwer appears to us evaſive. © A ſin-
ner muſt come, he. ſays, neither as penitent, nor @s impenitent, but
merely under the * of one that is guilty and periſbing. The term
as, in the objection, means the character which the ſinner a uaihj ſuſtains;
hut in the anſwer, the character under which he is to wieww himſelf. It is
thus, as we apprehend, that the objection is evaded. Mr. B. would not
ſay, that in coming to Chriſt, a ſinuer z5 neither penitent nor impenitent-
yet, to meet the objetion, it is neceſſary he.ſhould ſay ſo; for the queſ-

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tion is not, under what character a ſinner muſt wieww himpelf. in comin to os

Chriſt } but what character, with regard to penitence or unpenitence, des

he actually ſuftain? | | VVV
It is not our object to enter into Mr. B's. reafonings, many of which
we cordially approve; but barely to ſtate in a leading inſtance or two,
wherein we conceive he has not done juſtice to his opponents.
We ſhall only add a few remarks on the note, (page 176) which Mr. B.
has introduced in anſwer to a paſſage in our review of Mr, Scott's Vur--—
rant and Nature of Faith. It was our defign in that review to give, ac-

cording to the beſt of our capacity, an impartial ſtatement of the contro-—

verſy. Mr. B., however, complains of a miſapprebenſion of his mean-
to God and his law, previ -
ous to believing in Jeſus, and to a view of, revealed mercy, it ſhould ſeem
as if they had not much oceaſion ſor either faith, or grace, or Chriſt. Be-
_ . cauſe, it muſt be admitted, that perſons of ſuch piety are already accepted:
_ of God, bear his image, and are in the way to heaven.“ On this paſſage
we + vr Mr. B. ſoggeſts, that if ihere he any bolineſs previous to
juſtification, thoſe characters in whom it is found may be juſtified, if not
wholly, yet in part, by their own righteouſneſs,” "ey have no ohjection to
acknowledge, on a reviſion of the ſubject, that Mr. B's words did not war-
rant this conſtruction; and that it had been better to have quoted them as
they were, than to have put any conſtruction upon them. We alſo acquit
Mr. B. of the obnoxious principle alluded to. Bot having ſaid thus
much, it requires to he added, that the above ſentence, which ſtands. the,
ſame in both editions, appears to us io be far from defenſible.
Firſt, it repreſents that which is pleaded for only as an eſſential part of a
ſinner's return to God as though it were @ whole, ſufficient to denominate
his character as a ſaint, and to prove his being accepted of God, It was

neceſſary that the prodigal ſhould come to him/eff, juſtify his father's -
Vox. VIII. 85 « ooo Wo. 15 Conduct,

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feel the equity of the law, ſd as to

ſtify God and condemn ourſelves, is to
ſuppoſe a contradiction. "There is

the heart towards Chrilt, it is under: the conſideration of its I ung i» faith
Alia him, without which no works of a finful-creature can be accepted; uch

promiſes therefore ought not tq be bravght- for che purpoſe df ſuperceding

It. © He that cometh to God muft hift Believe thay be is, and ib. it a re.

warger of them that diligently ſeek bim. Mauy promiles allo are made to

Uelieving: hut if from hence we wee to. infer that a man is ſufficiently

bleſſed in believing, ſo as to render coming to God unnecefiary, we ſhould -

pat af6rce upon the Scriptures. Believing is ſuppoſed to bavs-its imme-
AJiate iſſue in coming; and therefoie is treated, inthe Scriptures, as in
ching: Jon . 3%/%/%%?
It is ſoppoled, that when once a ſinner is act of God,

e | he has but little oecaſion for either faith, or grace, or Chriſt, in compa-

riſon of what he had before. If after a perſon is reconciled to the divine

character, ſays/Mr. B. © % cd re for jultification, he cannot,
pe

con ſiſtentiy with his new fate, believe in him as,. juſtifying the ungodly,
non conſider himſeif as entirely worthlefs; and on a level With ſinners in
generat. Page 178. But (x) this ſuppoſes him not only to be renewed

"ns y in the ſpirit of his mind, but to be conſcious of it, .which Mr. B's. oppo-
nments de not content for, (2) -Suppoting he were conſc ious of it, did nat

Abraham believe om Fim that juflifierh” ine ungody? and that many
Years after his being a good man, and a believer; - anti did he not con-

5 8 _* fider bimſelf at that chne as “ entirely workftleſs, aud, as to acceptance

| * : to: forgive. Without a: perſuaſion of
wis, however he Wight have reproached himſelf, be could have had po
e Encouragement/to-return-26-a ſupplicant.} Nor is it ſppoſed that a ſinner,

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ga ancepted of his father till he did return. It is true, the father beheld him |
bo while a great<vny of, and met the firſt movement of his heart towards
bim : but Whatever were his kind deſigns, he was tjbt accepted, accord- 5

ing wo the eſtabliſhed laws of the houſe; ' til} be had actually returned.

| the queſtion is, whether, in
ttma order of things, it be poſſible for him to ſee or believe any grace in the
Fee beyond what he fouls of de ede of: the Jaw? He. may be per-
.- . ſhaded of God's exerciſing what 5s called pardon, and knowing himſelf a
a 1 Kaner, expoſed to whath; 5 N 2
appear to him to be 2 graciaus pardon, any farther than as he feels recon-
Ciled to the juſtice of his claims as a law- girer. Jo ſuppoſe it poſſible
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may be to the leaſt drgrec , holineſs, if they reſpect the firſt movement of

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with Godj'on'a levet with ſinners in general? (See Rom. iv. 35. com-

puared with Gen. xv. 6. Xi. 1-3. Heb, xf. 8:) We might add, dots not

every good man ftand in the ſame need of 'foirh, and glace, and Chriſt,
with reſpect to jultification, as at the firſt moment when he believed? and

in all his approaches to God for this bleſſing, docs he not confider himfelf
as entirely worthleſs; and upon a level with fiyners in general? ?“?“

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TDo the account of Mrs. P. in our laſt, we, are defired to add the follow.
ing paragraph, which was by ſome miſtake omitted, oo
THE death of Mr. Creed (her firſt huſband) happened when ſhe had
been brought to bed of her fourth chfd only two days. Under theſe dif-
. treſſing circumſtances: the Lord was very gracioys in ſopporting with his
Yivinepreſence-; and peculiarly appeared for her inthe diſpenſations of his
- - providence, «Very often, with- a grateful remembrance, ſhe, ſetup her-
_ #bengzer,. and acknowledged the divine” goodrieſs in leading her faſel)

_ © thrdugh thok days of great afflid ion. In the year 1769, he married Mr.
Peakes, of Goodman's Fields, ho ſurvives her; as do alſo two ſons, who
lament the loſs of the beſt ad moſt affectionate of parents. About fiſteen
years fince it pleaſed the Lord to afflict her with the loſs of ſight, but he mer-
cifully gave her ſuch a reſignation and ſubmiſſion to bis will, that ſhe was

never once heard to murmur or complain; but under this zryidg dey, rivac 1 1
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tion, found the benefit and comfort of having her memory well Rlored wi
divine things. She-was well acquainted with almoſt every part of the word - _ - . ®
of God, and could repeat much of it from memory.” 8 licewiſe re- a
_ ceived great comtort from Dr. Watt's hymns and palms, a great number
of which ſhe could alſo recollett,” 6 ee 5
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Mrs. Lloyd, of Upton, in Severn, way..a. perſon of amiable.Jiſpoſition
and manners, and whoſe life and converfation did honour to the Goſpel, '-
weich ſhe had ſeveral years profeſſed. - At the beginning of her illneſs,”
ſhe was led to ſee ſo much of her own unworthineſs, as to be in great
diſtreſs, that ſhe had not more cloſely attended the means of grace, and
lad ſome fear, left the Lord would not accept her ſervices performed in
time of afflict on; but even then, the ſaid, I have no other hope for
5 acceptance with God but through Jeſus Chriſt.““ In recollecting how ſne
I was firſt brought to the knowledge of the truth, ſhe added, I fear all is
| not right, becauſe I have not felt that diſtreſs which others have. But
whye ſhe was thinking on theſe things, ſhe was faroured with an anſwer
of peace from above. When her huſband exprefied'a hope that the afflic-
tion would do them both good, ſhe anſwered, „I am ſure it has done me
good, for my heart was very hard before, but Chriſt has ſoftened it nos;
but don't be lifted up, my dear, for I think it for my end; neither be over
caſt down, for if I ſhould feel as I lately have, I think I covld willingly
die. I am moſt willing when moſt eafy, for when. in pain, I think it imo
patience. If I was ſure of getting well, yet I had rather go, if it be the
Lord's will.“ Being aſked if ſhe did not lose ber family, ſhe replied, I
love them dearly, but 1 love Chriit better, and ſo I ought. Then darting

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There, my belt friends, my kindred dwell,” - 3
There God my Saviour reigns. “ 5 wo.

At another time, on enquiring into the ſtate of her mind, ſhe replied, _
« wiſhing, longing, and hoping it will not be long betore the Eord takes
me out of this wilderneſs,” It was remarked, you are like Chriſtiana,
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| When the came to theſe words, 10 0 grave es is 105 viftory?” 8 a 5

ob 5 claimed, Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our
PDord Jeſns Chriſt,” When ſhe drew nearer ſtill to the brink of the river,
ber huſband ſaid, I ſuppoſe you had rather go than recover?”? the _
* * 40, yes, T had ten th times rather go. .
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„ I would not come back for ten thouſand woke; 1 have Xs one bel
und that ie, to depart and be with Chriſt | 1 have neyer Jopgl
FC | hops—Thave never found another reſt.”

1 E „don the day of ber death, April 3, me ee he addreſſed. her,

1 * You are are ſenſible &' She replied, As ever I was in my
« You have no fear, have you she anſwered, Nol. . You have

. - deſire ta.depart and be with Chriſt ? She-replied, © A very, very great
one l' After having given vp her ſeven young: children (whom God Al-
"mighty: protect and bleſs) and taken her finsl leave of the dear partner of

8 Paith-and patience?” the anſwered, Yes ! And ſoon after falling atleep

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1 - gation of Proteſtant e in Weymouth, died on Saturday, Nov, 15,
235300, in the 790th year of his age, and 46th of his miniſtry in that on

| He poſl: fleſſed a and vigorous uiderftanding, with a conſiderable
5 of ingenuity, and was remarkable for liberality of ſentiment, angle
+ diſpoſition, and uniform integrity of conduct. During his reſidence at
Meymouth he obtained univerſal reſpect, and that reputation was preſerved
5 do the laſt day of his life. He was interred in the Qusker's burying
| ound, and a funeral oration was delivered on the occaſion by the Rev. B.

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„0 the ſreond rant died; of 2 rapid decline, at the Rev. Me: ware.

: 8 the Marqueſan youth, who returned with Mr. Crook. Being
exhorted to 25 he ſaid, 4 L do pray, father. Who do you pray to r
To Jeſus Chri What do you pray for ?—* That he would forgi
my ſins. —Then you do not FE to che * of Tahouatta —_

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her pains and pleaſures, her laſt words were, “ Hold, out' he add d, |

EY 1m Jeſus, ſhe obtained wi 1785 ſo 5 N 2535 to Brad ever Shin

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oN TEE CAPFRE LANGUAGE.” 15 2

AF to the Caffree language I am as yet bot well enough achnnleied ich
its nature to give you the outlines of a Grammar; it is totally ditferent .
that of the Hotientots. I find, from the very 4ittle I know df it,
5 * found may be repreſented to an 3 ear, by an alphabet con-
A Gfing of twenty-ſix letters,“ eight of which are vowels.” At firtt I
taagided that the power of the anon might be, in a more ſimple and
analogous manner, expreſſed. by artificial names formed out of the -
nants themſelves and a certain vowel, both. repeated, as abba, agga,
bara, aſſa, ajja, akkay alla, and fo on; but paying more attention to
this ſubject, I find that names taken from the language itſelf, and expreſ-

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l f : ſing ſome known: ſuhject, will more eaſily become familiar, and ſtick more

indelibly on the memory than the former. I ſhall here ſubjoin this alpha -

bet, with a few literary remarks. Perhaps a third & may

fl reſponding with © e, to expreſs the mo of the Engliſh o, in cone, tone, &c.
ö Signification. 2 Sound of the Gonſonants.,. 5

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1 N r . u in hu. Th 85
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=_ => g wad mute, and the preceding. vowel i is pronounced. according to
role
= 4. By combining the vouels a, e. o. . e jad B fx diphs |
_ cz are formed, viz. © => .
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. 2 oo in good and o in do.. |
. A The i three N deſcribed. by Vaillant In his accqunt of the Hot >. 1
= tentot language, allo take place in that of the Caffres, and may be ex-
bpPreſſed in writing by three different marks, and likewiſe the liſping found
which ſometimes affects the pronunciation of the and 2. 2
| FE 6. The Caffre language, as far as I know, is deſtitute of the R, ad
when a Caffre attempts to pronounce a foreign word in which it occurs,
he commonly ſubſtitutes an I in its room, like the Chineſe; and by repeated
trials he will begin to pronouce the R with (as it is called) a hur in his
throat. The c, allo and q, x, and y, ſeem ſuperfluous in this alphabet.
7. On the other hand, the r of the Toglih th is, e that of
the Dutch th, an ingredient in this language, . e. inflaka, gum, and alſo
the ſound of the Arabic ain, whichhowever requires no peculiar character,
as it may be repreſented b NE. Ph is to be pronounced, ſo that both the
conſonants are diſtinctly heard, thus Phoendo ſounds not like foendo, hoe
rather like pehoendo, horn.

8. Monoſyllables and words of more than three ſyllables, are but few-in
this language; ſome however occur, as le, that; 3 pe, give; thou, it is gone;
| thotolefe, devil; iZandoudou, cheek ; izifouba, brand; bur” compoſition,
conjugation, and affixion, inereaſe the number of ſyllables beyond this
number. e.g. Izilimele, the pleiades ; diaxenxilel _ ga inkwinkwanatame,
my ſon; baokbatina, our ur father, Kc. N

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the matter before the Lord, gave it out, that if the young
children would not go to the revel, but ſpend the whole day with me; EL |
would preach à ſermon! to them in the morning, and give them a dinner,
and ſpend the affernoom in ſinging and prayer. This produced the de»
ſired effect. They all came on the Monday, and in order to keep them to-
gether all day, I ſer thoſe that were more ſteady to take care of the _
reſt, that none might run away after dinner; by this means J detained
them all, except two, till eight o'clock at night. By keeping ſo many away
I ͤ greatly weakened the hands of the wicked, who exclaimed, that it was
e workt revel they had ever ſeen, This filled my ſoul with gratitude to
God, and made me determine in the following year (1799) to act upon a
larger ſcale. I then invited my dear friends Mr. Douglas, of Reading, io
preach to the young people in the morning, Mr. Green of the fame place
in the afternoon, and Mr, Muſton of Aſton, in the- evening. I alſo gave it
out a fortnight before; and in order to ſhew my love and zeal for the beſt
intereſts of the people, and that I had nothing in view but their good, I added
I would give all the poor, both men, women, and children that wauld come

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Sunday ſchool, with a e I would give each r a half.
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_ given to underſtand that they were looking forwards with anxiety-toa _

- revel, which has been annually kept, beyond the memory of man, on
White monday, upon Peppard Green, and which leads the van to ſeveral:

cceeded, and numbers entered. But I was: foon

others round the neighbourhood. This gave me no ſmall uncaſinefs, left

8 the youths which I had collected ſhould again mingle with their old wicked OS

companions, and become as diſſipated as before. I, therefore, after layin
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and ſpend the day with me, inſtead of going to the revel, a dinner. This,
Sir, was noi ſed abroad, and brought numbers from every direction; ſo that L

ſuppoſe I dived near three hundred people that day, jo the great mortifica-
tion of the publicans and revel-keepers, ho had boaſted what they would
do to keep ĩt up; but moſt of their people deſerted them ad came to chapel, -

which rejoiced yy heart greatly. Being thus encouraged from paſt fuctels,
this year, in the ſtrength of, the Lord, I rhadea third attempt, to ſet aſiqe

the revel. I again applied to Mr. Douglas to preach in the morning, and
to Mr. Perty for the afternoon and evening, and provided a dinner as be-
fore. Tallo wrote to a neighbouring juſtice upon the injurious and brutal
prad ice of revelling, and, to his immortal honour, I have reaſon to believe
that he diſcountenanced it. The miniſters came as defired, and the Lord
made it a good day to many ſouls. One- of my :neighhours. ſaid, Sir, I have
ſpent moſt of the Whit-Mondzys of my life at Peppard revel, but I never

ſpent ſuch an one as this before. And as for the revel, it was ſo completely

done away, that not a wreck of it was left. .

Dear Sir, a view of God's goodneis and condeſcenſion in ſanctioning my

poor eydcavours, fills my ſoul at times with gratitude and praiſe; and

bumbly hope that the relation of it will redound to his glory, and be the

means to ſtimulate my dear brethren in the miniſtry, who may he in 2
timilar ſituations, to ſtrain every nerve to prevent fin; and if we ſhould not
accomplith all-we wif yet if we are but the means of one ſin leſs being

committed, it wilk amply repay, our labour. 5 he

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} tne ved. op the neigh! who, og the: Sabbath, brought his ſer- |

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_ vants and alt he conld collegt to play at cricket on the green, After 1 ha
made it a matter of prayer, I wrote to the conſtable that 'I mould be ſo
to hurt s hair of his. Read, but I coujd not Tee the Sabbath ſo. ſhamefully

5 Hi - profaned ;'therefore if he did not prevent it, I ſhould enter a proſecution

Wm him for heg lect of ee This had the defired effect, and there has.
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f. ShuMcbortom, of Bungay, read the Scriptures and prayed.3 M og eg
"LP Denton, received the contefſion, and offered up the ord.nojon prayers
r. on gave the charge from x Tim. iv. 12. Let no man "deſpiſe
thy youth.“ Mr. Carter, of Mattiſhall, preached to the pecple rom Eph.

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Os Thurſday, Nov. 7th; the Rev. Mr, Tudur was ſe apart to es. £2

paſtoral office over the church late under the care of the Rev. Richard
inter. The ſervice was opened by Mr. Knight, of the Borough, who
| prayed and read the 132d Plalm: Mr. Mgurice, of Fetter Lane, delivered

r. Brook ſbank addreſſed the church from |
z Cor. iii. 21, 22, 23. Mr. Koight, of Nightingale Lane, gave out the

hymns, and concluded with prayer.
Mr. Maurice mentioned in his merodeion, that Mr. Winter was or-

&ained.co-paſtor, with the Rev, Thomas Bradbury, in June, 17593 .
Bradbury on that occaſion gave the introductory diſcourie, Mr. N

nen the charge, and Ar. Conder er 008 wks peoples |

November x7th, A meeting of Miniſters -was held at the Baptiſt m m a

0 at Winſlow, in the county of Bucks-z Mr: 'Scraggs, of Buckingh

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Mr. Cox, of Leighton, concluded in prayer; and Mr. Caſtleden, late of
Ayleſbury, gave out the hymns. Te Baptiſt intereſt in this town having
been very low for many years, and a Religious Society of a mixed kind
8 compoled of perſons of evangelical principles) having been lately

dn itrodnQory diſcourſe ; Mr. Clayton gave an exhortation to the mi-
niſter ; Mr. Barber prayed;

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miniſtry who carry on the Sabbath=oay" evening lectures, might fix on their

reſpective days. |
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